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- ItemGuideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis among HIV-infected persons : 2013 update(AOSIS, 2013) Govender, N. P.; Meintjies, G.; Bicanic, T.; Dawood, H.; Harrison, T. S.; Jarvis, J. N.; Karstaedt, A. S.; Maartens, D.; McCarthy, K. M.; Rabie, H.; Variava, E.; Venter, W. D. F.; Boulware, D. R.; Chiller, T.; Meya, D. B.; Scriven, J.Six years after the first Society guidelines were published, cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected adults in South Africa. Several important developments have spurred the publication of updated guidelines to manage this common fungal opportunistic infection. Recommendations described here include: (1) screening and pre-emptive treatment; (2) laboratory diagnosis and monitoring; (3) management of a first episode of CM; (4) amphotericin B deoxycholate toxicity prevention, monitoring and management; (5) timing of antiretroviral therapy among patients with CM; (6) management of raised intracranial pressure; (7) management of relapse episodes of CM.