Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
In settings with ready access to and no contraindication for lumbar puncture: i) If both access to a cryptococcal antigen assay (either lateral flow assay or latex agglutination assay) and rapid results (less than 24 hours) are available: Lumbar puncture with rapid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cryptococcal antigen assay 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
Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV.
WHO guidelines on the management of advanced HIV disease