Description

Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Prognosis of Cryptococcal Meningitis

Nina Singh

Advances in Antifungal Therapy of Cryptococcal Infections

Olivier Lortholary

HIV Therapy and Cryptococcosis: When to Start, What to Start With, and How to Manage IRIS

David Boulware

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the advances in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis
• Describe the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of cryptococcal meningitis
• Explain the rationale for timing of intitiating antiretroviral therapy in AIDS-associated cryptococcosis

Moderator(s):

• Jose Miro, Hosp Clinic - IDIBAPS - Univ. of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
• Peter Williamson, MD, PhD, Chief, Translational Mycology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Speaker(s):

• Olivier Lortholary, Hosp Avicenne
• David Boulware, MD, MPH, Professor, University of Minnesota
• Nina Singh, VA Medical Center