Authors:

Radha Rajasingham, Darlisha Williams, David B. Meya, Graeme Meintjes, David R. Boulware, and James Scriven

Abstract:

Cryptococcal meningitis is the second leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in Africa. The prolonged hospitalization necessary for optimal management may predispose severely immunocompromised persons to hospital-acquired infections. Limited data are available for sub-Saharan Africa regarding multidrug-resistant infections (1,2). We hypothesized that bacteremia was a major cause of death.

Journal:

Emerg Infect Dis.

Year:

2014

PMID:

24655747

PMCID:

PMC3966372

Hyperlink:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966372/