Diagnostic Accuracy of Point of Care Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay in Fingerprick Whole Blood and Urine Samples for the Detection of Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Disease in Patients with Advanced HIV Disease-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Diagnostic Accuracy of Point of Care Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay in Fingerprick Whole Blood and Urine Samples for the Detection of Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Disease in Patients with Advanced HIV Disease

Published:2022-08-31 Issue:4 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Boyd Kathryn¹²,Kouamou Vinie¹²^ORCID,Hlupeni Admire¹,Tangwena Zorodzai¹²,Ndhlovu Chiratidzo E.¹²,Makadzange Azure T.¹^ORCID,

Affiliation:

1. Charles River Medical Group, Harare, Zimbabwe

2. Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Abstract

Cryptococcal disease (CD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among individuals with advanced HIV disease (AHD). Identifying point of care (POC) approaches to screening for CD in asymptomatic individuals is important to guide therapeutic management.

Funder

HHS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.01075-22

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