Hannah E Steinberg, Prashanth S Ramachandran, Andrea Diestra, Lynn Pinchi, Cusi Ferradas, Daniela E Kirwan, Monica M Diaz, Michael Sciaudone, Annie Wapniarski, Kelsey C Zorn, Maritza Calderón, Lilia Cabrera, Viviana Pinedo-Cancino, Michael R Wilson, Cesar Ramal Asayag, Robert H Gilman, Natalie M Bowman
BACKGROUND: Neurological opportunistic infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but are difficult to diagnose. METHODS: One hundred forty people with HIV with acute neurological symptoms from Iquitos, Peru, were evaluated for cerebral toxoplasmosis with quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and for cryptococcal meningitis with cryptococcal antigen test (CrAg) in serum or CSF...
November 2023: Open Forum Infectious Diseases