1. Impact of prior cryptococcal antigen screening on in-hospital mortality in cryptococcal meningitis or fungaemia among HIV-seropositive individuals in South Africa: a cross-sectional observational study
Olivier Paccoud, Liliwe Shuping, Rudzani Mashau, Greg Greene, Vanessa Quan, Susan Meiring, Nelesh P. Govender, Shareef Abrahams, Khatija Ahmed, Theunis Avenant, Colleen Bamford, Prathna Bhola, Kate Bishop, John Black, Lucille Blumberg, Norma Bosman, Maria Botha, Adrian Brink, Suzy Budavari, Asmeeta Burra, Vindana Chibabhai, Rispah Chomba, Cheryl Cohen, Yacoob Coovadia, Penny Crowther-Gibson, Halima Dawood, Linda de Gouveia, Nomonde Dlamini, Siyanda Dlamini, Andries Dreyer, Nicolette du Plessis, Erna du Plessis, Mignon du Plessis, Linda Erasmus, Charles Feldman, Nelesh Govender, Chetna Govind, Michelle Groome, Sumayya Haffejee, Ken Hamese, Carel Haumann, Nombulelo Hoho, Anwar Hoosen, Ebrahim Hoosien, Victoria Howell, Greta Hoyland, Farzana Ismail, Husna Ismail, Nazir Ismail, Prudence Ive, Pieter Jooste, Alan Karstaedt, Ignatius Khantsi, Vicky Kleinhans, Jackie Kleynhans, Molebogeng Kolojane, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, Tiisetso Lebaka, Jacob Lebudi, Neo Legare, Ruth Lekalakala, Kathy Lindeque, Warren Lowman, Shabir Madhi, Rindidzani Magobo, Prasha Mahabeer, Adhil Maharaj, Martha Makgoba, Molatji Maloba, Caroline Maluleka, Mokupi Manaka, Phetho Mangena, Nontuthuko Maningi, Louis Marcus, Terry Marshall, Rudzani Mathebula, Azwifarwi Mathunjwa, Nontombi Mbelle, Bongani Mbuthu, Kerrigan McCarthy, Susan Meiring, Omphile Mekgoe, Colin Menezes, Cecilia Miller, Koleka Mlisana, Masego Moncho, David Moore, Myra Moremi, Lynn Morris, Moamokgethi Moshe, Lesego Mothibi, Harry Moultrie, Ruth Mpembe, Portia Mutevedzi, Judith Mwansa-Kambafwile, Fathima Naby, Preneshni Naicker, Romola Naidoo, Trusha Nana, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Phathutshedzo Ndlovu, Jeremy Nel, Mimmy Ngomane, Wendy Ngubane, Mark Nicol, Sunnieboy Njikho, Grace Ntlemo, Sindi Ntuli, Nicola Page, Nuraan Paulse, Vanessa Pearce, Olga Perovic, Keshree Pillay, Dina Pombo, Xoliswa Poswa, Elizabeth Prentice, Adrian Puren, Vanessa Quan, Praksha Ramjathan, Yeishna Ramkillawan, Kessendri Reddy, Gary Reubenson, Lauren Richards, Mohammed Said, Nazlee Samodien, Catherine Samuel, Sharona Seetharam, Phuti Sekwadi, Mirriam Selekisho, Marthinus Senekal, Liliwe Shuping, Ngoaka Sibiya, Surendra Sirkar, Juanita Smit, Anthony Smith, Marshagne Smith, Lisha Sookan, Charlotte Sriruttan, Sarah Stacey, Khine Swe Swe Han, Teena Thomas, Juno Thomas, Merika Tsisti, Erika van Schalkwyk, Ebrahim Variava, Phumeza Vazi, Charl Verwey, Anne von Gottberg, Jeanntte Wadula, Sibongile Walaza, Linda Wende, Andrew Whitelaw, Douglas Wilson, Inge Zietsman
Clinical Microbiology and Infection  vol: 29  issue: 8  first page: 1063  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.04.016

2. Case report: Disseminated cryptococcus gattii in an immunocompetent patient
Reinhardt Dreyer
IDCases  vol: 29  first page: e01537  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01537

3. Neutrophils in HIV pathogenesis: dual roles, clinical implications, and therapeutic frontiers
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu
Annals of Medicine & Surgery  vol: 87  issue: 9  first page: 5578  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000003474

4. Cost-effectiveness analysis of flucytosine as induction therapy in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected adults in South Africa
Jacqui Miot, Trudy Leong, Simbarashe Takuva, Andrew Parrish, Halima Dawood
BMC Health Services Research  vol: 21  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06268-9

5. Intracranial pressure management in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis in a resource-constrained setting
Philasande Mkoko, Jessica Du Preez, Senlika Naidoo
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 21  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1171

6. Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics, Antifungal Susceptibility, and MLST-Based Genetic Analysis of Cryptococcus Isolates in Southern Taiwan in 2013–2020
Yi-Chun Chen, Shu-Fang Kuo, Shang-Yi Lin, Yin-Shiou Lin, Chen-Hsiang Lee
Journal of Fungi  vol: 8  issue: 3  first page: 287  year: 2022  
doi: 10.3390/jof8030287

7. Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting in Children with Hydrocephalus and Increased Intracranial Pressure Secondary to Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Related Cryptococcal Meningitis
Basil Enicker, Colleen Aldous
World Neurosurgery  vol: 168  first page: e530  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.10.024

8. Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection in HIV-Infected Patients: A Retrospective Clinicopathological Review of 4 Autopsy Cases
Moshawa Calvin Khaba, Mamokoma Becky Kgole, Lesedi Makgwethele Nevondo, Willem Johannes Van Aswegen, Tshegofatso Mabelane, Ndivhuho Agnes Makhado
Clinical Pathology  vol: 15  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1177/2632010X221078234

9. Impact of the introduction of a package of care involving early detection of opportunistic infections, a prospective multicenter cohort study of people living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Omar Sued, Nicole Reis, Larissa R. Silva, Renata B.A. Soares, Cassia S.M. Godoy, Marineide G. Melo, Nayla A. Hatem, Bruna Regis Razzolini, Andressa Noal, Tarsila Vieceli, Diego R. Falci, Freddy Perez
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas  vol: 45  first page: 101085  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101085

10. Modeling the population dynamics of HIV/AIDS with opportunistic infections at the severe stage of HIV
Mozart Umba Nsuami, Peter Joseph Witbooi
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering  vol: 22  issue: 9  first page: 2249  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3934/mbe.2025082

11. Genotype, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Virulence of Clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from National Surveillance, 2005–2009
Serisha D. Naicker, Rindidzani E. Magobo, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Carolina Firacative, Erika van Schalkwyk, Juan Monroy-Nieto, Jolene Bowers, David M. Engelthaler, Liliwe Shuping, Wieland Meyer, Nelesh P. Govender
Journal of Fungi  vol: 7  issue: 5  first page: 338  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3390/jof7050338

12. Mycotic Pseudotumor of the Breast Secondary to Cryptococcal Infection: Report of Three Rare Cases and Literature Review
Velaphi Glenda Makhubela, Moshawa Calvin Khaba
International Journal of Surgical Pathology  vol: 30  issue: 4  first page: 432  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1177/10668969211060483

13. Induction-phase treatment costs for cryptococcal meningitis in high HIV-burden African countries: New opportunities with lower costs
Bruce Larson, Amir Shroufi, Charles Muthoga, Rita Oladele, Radha Rajasingham, Alexander Jordan, Joseph N. Jarvis, Tom M. Chiller, Nelesh P. Govender
Wellcome Open Research  vol: 6  first page: 140  year: 2022  
doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16776.2

14. Cryptococcal Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: From Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers to Treatment Approaches
Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Júlio César André, Elisabete Liso, Irina Vlasova-St. Louis
Life  vol: 11  issue: 2  first page: 95  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3390/life11020095

15. Fungal infection of the central nervous system: Autopsy analysis of six cases
Moshawa Calvin Khaba, Tshepo Cletus Ngale, Ndivhuho Agnes Makhado
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports  vol: 10  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1177/2050313X221122419

16. Cryptococcal Antigen Screening and Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis Among People With HIV and Poor Virologic Control in the Bronx, NY
Hyunah Yoon, Vagish S. Hemmige, Audrey Lee, Liam S. Conway-Pearson, Liise-anne Pirofski, Uriel R. Felsen
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes  vol: 91  issue: 4  first page: 390  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003074

17. Induction-phase treatment costs for cryptococcal meningitis in high HIV-burden African countries: New opportunities with lower costs
Bruce Larson, Amir Shroufi, Charles Muthoga, Rita Oladele, Radha Rajasingham, Alexander Jordan, Joseph N. Jarvis, Tom M. Chiller, Nelesh P. Govender
Wellcome Open Research  vol: 6  first page: 140  year: 2022  
doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16776.3

18. High Cryptococcal Antigenuria Prevalence in a Population of PLHIV with Neurological Symptoms Hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases Wards of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Libreville, Gabon
Roger Hadry Sibi Matotou, Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Charlène Manomba, Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi, Coella Joyce Mihindou, Dimitri Ardin Moussavou Mabicka, Arsène Mounomby, Solange Nzenze Afene, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease  vol: 9  issue: 12  first page: 312  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9120312

19. Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM
Christina C Chang, Thomas S Harrison, Tihana A Bicanic, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Tania C Sorrell, Adilia Warris, Ferry Hagen, Andrej Spec, Rita Oladele, Nelesh P Govender, Sharon C Chen, Christopher H Mody, Andreas H Groll, Yee-Chun Chen, Michail S Lionakis, Alexandre Alanio, Elizabeth Castañeda, Jairo Lizarazo, José E Vidal, Takahiro Takazono, Martin Hoenigl, Jan-Willem Alffenaar, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Rajeev Soman, Li-Ping Zhu, Alexandro Bonifaz, Joseph N Jarvis, Jeremy N Day, Nikolai Klimko, Jon Salmanton-García, Grégory Jouvion, David B Meya, David Lawrence, Sebastian Rahn, Felix Bongomin, Brendan J McMullan, Rosanne Sprute, Tinashe K Nyazika, Justin Beardsley, Fabianne Carlesse, Christopher H Heath, Olusola O Ayanlowo, Olga M Mashedi, Flavio Queiroz-Telles Filho, Mina C Hosseinipour, Atul K Patel, Elvis Temfack, Nina Singh, Oliver A Cornely, David R Boulware, Olivier Lortholary, Peter G Pappas, John R Perfect
The Lancet Infectious Diseases  vol: 24  issue: 8  first page: e495  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00731-4

20. Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade
Serisha D. Naicker, Ruth S. Mpembe, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Thokozile G. Zulu, Daniel Desanto, Jeannette Wadula, Nomonde Mvelase, Caroline Maluleka, Kessendri Reddy, Halima Dawood, Motlatji Maloba, Nelesh P. Govender, Chaoyang Xue
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  vol: 14  issue: 3  first page: e0008137  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008137

21. Cryptococcal antigen titers and semi-quantitative assay scores among people with HIV-associated cryptococcal antigenemia
Tshiama M. Mwamba, Nozuko P. Blasich, Lindi M. Coetzee, Rudzani Mashau, Nelesh P. Govender, Kimberly E. Hanson
Journal of Clinical Microbiology  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1128/jcm.00886-25

22. Lived experience of people with cryptococcal meningitis: A qualitative study
Neo A. Legare, Vanessa C. Quan, Nelesh P. Govender, Jane W. Muchiri
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v25i1.1560

23. Six months survival and risk factors for attrition for patients detected with cryptococcal antigenemia through screening in Malawi
Master R. O. Chisale, Alex Jordan, Pocha S. Kamudumuli, Bernard Mvula, Michael Odo, Alice Maida, James Kandulu, Ben Chilima, Frank W. Sinyiza, Pauline Katundu, Hsin-yi Lee, Rebecca Mtegha, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Joseph Bitirinyo, Rose Nyirenda, Thoko Kalua, Greg Greene, Tom Chiller, Rodney Adam
PLOS ONE  vol: 18  issue: 5  first page: e0284367  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284367

24. HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: a Review of Novel Short-Course and Oral Therapies
Letumile R. Moeng, James Milburn, Joseph N. Jarvis, David S. Lawrence
Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases  vol: 12  issue: 4  first page: 422  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1007/s40506-020-00239-0

25. Outpatient Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Is Associated With Favorable Baseline Characteristics and Improved Survival in Persons With Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda
Anna E Levin, Ananta S Bangdiwala, Elizabeth Nalintya, Enock Kagimu, John Kasibante, Morris K Rutakingirwa, Edward Mpoza, Samuel Jjunju, Edwin Nuwagira, Rose Naluyima, Paul Kirumira, Cody Hou, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Abdu K Musubire, Darlisha A Williams, Mahsa Abassi, Conrad Muzoora, Katherine H Hullsiek, Radha Rajasingham, David B Meya, David R Boulware, Caleb P Skipper
Clinical Infectious Diseases  vol: 76  issue: 3  first page: e759  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac599

26. Reducing medication errors in HIV-positive patients: Influence of a clinical pharmacist
Elmien Bronkhorst, Michè Joseph-Busby, Selente Bezuidenhout
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v25i1.1594

27. Economic impact of extending reflexed cryptococcal antigenaemia CD4 threshold in South Africa
Naseem Cassim, Lindi-Marie Coetzee, Manuel P. Da Silva, Deborah K. Glencross, Wendy S. Stevens
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v25i1.1621

28. A comparison of the surgical outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal versus lumbar peritoneal shunts in the management of intracranial hypertension secondary to cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infected adult patients
Ndyebo S. Mabovula, Basil C. Enicker
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery  vol: 238  first page: 108184  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108184

29. Use of sequential lateral flow assays to diagnose cryptococcal infection among people living with HIV in Monrovia, Liberia
Yassah M. Barclay-Korboi, Alina Adeel, Ibrahim Ajami, Flinhway Hessou Dickson, Ian Wachekwa, Nyenyakar A. F. Vaye, Stuart M. Levitz, Joshua Nosanchuk
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  vol: 19  issue: 4  first page: e0013008  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013008

30. Therapeutic lumbar puncture and lumbar drainage: which is more effective for the management of intracranial hypertension in HIV patients with cryptococcal meningitis? Results of a prospective non-randomized interventional study in China
Xiao-lei Xu, Ting Zhao, Yan-qun Huang, Yan-qiu Lu, Xue-jiao He, Yu-shan Wu, Wei Zhang, Jian-hua Yu, Tong-tong Yang, Li-jun Xu, Ke Lan, De-fa Zhang, Vijay Harypursat, Yao-kai Chen
Current Medical Research and Opinion  vol: 38  issue: 5  first page: 803  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/03007995.2022.2047539

31. Retrospective Assessment of a National Reflex Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Program in South Africa Through Interlaboratory Comparison of Lateral Flow Assay Results
Nozuko P Blasich, Lindi M Coetzee, Charlotte Sriruttan, Daniel DeSanto, Gregory S Greene, Deborah K Glencross, Nelesh P Govender
Laboratory Medicine  vol: 53  issue: 6  first page: 614  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmac037

32. Induction-phase treatment costs for cryptococcal meningitis in high HIV-burden African countries: New opportunities with lower costs
Bruce Larson, Amir Shroufi, Charles Muthoga, Rita Oladele, Radha Rajasingham, Alexander Jordan, Joseph N. Jarvis, Tom M. Chiller, Nelesh P. Govender
Wellcome Open Research  vol: 6  first page: 140  year: 2021  
doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16776.1

33. Combination Therapy for HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis—A Success Story
William J. Hurt, Thomas S. Harrison, Síle F. Molloy, Tihana A. Bicanic
Journal of Fungi  vol: 7  issue: 12  first page: 1098  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3390/jof7121098

34. Molecular type distribution and fluconazole susceptibility of clinical Cryptococcus gattii isolates from South African laboratory-based surveillance, 2005–2013
Serisha D. Naicker, Carolina Firacative, Erika van Schalkwyk, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Juan Monroy-Nieto, Jolene R. Bowers, David M. Engelthaler, Wieland Meyer, Nelesh P. Govender, Chaoyang Xue
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases  vol: 16  issue: 6  first page: e0010448  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010448

35. Cryptococcal meningitis
Lillian Tugume, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, John Kasibante, Jayne Ellis, Rachel M. Wake, Jane Gakuru, David S. Lawrence, Mahsa Abassi, Radha Rajasingham, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware
Nature Reviews Disease Primers  vol: 9  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1038/s41572-023-00472-z

36. Cryptococcal meningitis: a review of cryptococcal antigen screening programs in Africa
Greg Greene, David S Lawrence, Alex Jordan, Tom Chiller, Joseph N. Jarvis
Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy  vol: 19  issue: 2  first page: 233  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1785871

37. Occult cryptococcal meningitis presenting as myelopathy from an arachnoid cyst
Sebastian Leon, Aryaa N Karkare, Jacob Gluski, Dmitriy Petrov
BMJ Case Reports  vol: 19  issue: 1  first page: e268720  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2025-268720

38. Central Nervous System Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii in the Tropics
Jairo Lizarazo, Elizabeth Castañeda
Current Tropical Medicine Reports  vol: 9  issue: 1  first page: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1007/s40475-022-00253-w