Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Implementation and Evaluation of a Screening Strategy to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality Due to Cryptoccocal Meningo-encephalitis in ART Naive AIDS Patients With <100 CD4 Count at the Day Hospital o
Brief Summary: The aim of the study is to evaluate systematic pre-antiretroviral cryptococcal antigen screening and pre-emptive fluconazole therapy in antigen positive patients, as a strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality due to AIDS associated cryptococcal meningitis in patients starting antiretroviral therapy at <100 CD4 in Cameroon.