Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Screening for cryptococcal antigen followed by pre-emptive antifungal therapy (3 among cryptococcal antigen– positive people to prevent the development of invasive cryptococcal disease may be considered before initiating or reinitiating ART for adults and adolescents living with HIV at a higher CD4 cell count threshold of <200 cells/mm3
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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