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Cryptococcal Antigen Screening

Cryptococcal Antigen Screening is a clinical laboratory method that detects the presence of cryptococcal polysaccharide antigen in blood or cerebrospinal fluid to identify early asymptomatic infection in immunocompromised individuals, particularly those with HIV, thereby enabling preemptive treatment to prevent cryptococcal meningitis.

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88

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Crag Screening

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327

Prognostic Factors in Cryptococcal Meningitis

Richard D. Diamond · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1974 · 609 citations

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Diagnosis and Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Patients with AIDS and Cryptococcal Meningitis

John R. Graybill, Jack D. Sobel, Michael S. Saag et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2000 · 489 citations

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Cryptococcal infection in a cohort of HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults

Neil French, Katherine J. Gray, Christine Watera et al. · AIDS · 2002 · 424 citations

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Serologic Evidence for<i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>Infection in Early Childhood

David L. Goldman, Hnin Khine, Jacob Abadi et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2001 · 419 citations

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Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with AIDS

William E. Dismukes · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 1988 · 392 citations

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Authors

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  1. DR
    David R. Boulware

    University of Minnesota, United States

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

    20

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  2. DB
    David B. Meya

    Makerere University, Uganda

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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  3. RR
    Radha Rajasingham

    University of Minnesota, United States

    18 publications · 842 citations

    16

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  4. TS
    Thomas S. Harrison

    St George's, University of London, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

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  5. JN
    Joseph N Jarvis

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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Institutions

647

  1. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    22 h-index

    111 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    21 h-index

    118 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    17 h-index

    55 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Infectious Diseases Institute

    Kampala, Uganda

    17 h-index

    114 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. St George's, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    15 h-index

    52 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    JCM · 33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Clinical Infectious Diseases

    CID · 29 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    21 publications · 892 citations

    17

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 26 publications · 773 citations

    16

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  5. Medical Mycology

    17 publications · 595 citations

    15

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