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- Title
Successful discontinuation of fluconazole as secondary prophylaxis for cryptococcosis in AIDS patients responding to highly active antiretroviral therapy.
- Authors
Sheng, W. H.; Hung, C. C.; Chen, M. Y.; Hsieh, S. M.; Chang, S. C.
- Abstract
Seven AIDS patients with disseminated cryptococcosis who had had immune reconstitution following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) had discontinued their secondary antifungal prophylaxis to prevent relapse of Cryptococcus neoformans infection. The median CD4+ count was 236 cells/µL (range, 117-404 cells/µL; mean, 247 cells/µL) and the plasma viral loads were undetectable in five patients at discontinuation of antifungal prophylaxis. No relapse of cryptococcosis was detected in these patients after a median observation duration of nine months (range, 5.5-4.1 months, mean, 14.6 months) following discontinuation. Our data and review of the literature suggest that discontinuation of fluconazole prophylaxis is safe in patients with reconstitution of immunity following initiation of HAART.
- Subjects
AIDS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGI imperfecti; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; MYCOSES; HIGHLY active antiretroviral therapy
- Publication
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2002, Vol 13, Issue 10, p702
- ISSN
0956-4624
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/095646202760326462