Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
In settings with ready access to and no contraindication for lumbar puncture: If access to a cryptococcal antigen assay is not available and/or rapid results are not available: Lumbar puncture with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) India ink test examination is the preferred diagnostic approach.
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children, March 2018: supplement to the 2016 consolidated guidelines of the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV.