Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patients.

R, Micol; O, Lortholary; B, Sar; D, Laureillard; C, Ngeth; JP, Dousset; H, Chanroeun; L, Ferradini; PJ, Guerin; F, Dromer; A, Fontanet

doi:10.1097/qai.0b013e31811ed32c

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Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patients.

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Micol R

Lortholary O

Sar B

Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine the prevalence, determinants ofpositivity, and clinical utility of serum cryptococcal polysaccharide (CPS) antigen testing among HIV-infected patients in 2004 in Cambodia, an area highly endemic for cryptococcosis.<h4>Methods</h4>All HIV-infected patients with a CD4+ ...

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