Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Fungal burden in the cerebrospinal fluid is an important determinant of mortality in cryptococcal meningitis, but its use in aiding clinical decision making is hampered by the time involved to perform quantitative cultures. Here, we demonstrate the potential of flow cytometry as a novel and rapid technique to address this issue.
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03002-15
Institutions: University of Cape Town, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health Research, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Imperial College London, University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: G2006052962, G252649078, Defining interventions to reduce mortality in severe HIV-associated tuberculosis., Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme, University of Liverpool 'Innate immunity in cryptococcal disease and immune reconstrustion inflammatory syndrome', G3713413865, Host directed therapies against tuberculosis., G4170600162, G5535094332, Wellcome Trust-Liverpool-Glasgow Trust Centre for Global Health Research, Cellular immune responses in children with Plasmodium falciparum infection., Host directed therapies against tuberculosis., Pathogen COinfection:
HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Hepatitis C virus, Trial for the Optimal Timing of HIV Therapy after Cryptococcal Meningitis, G7569134466, G76681233
OpenAlex ID: W2276972917