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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Neurological Sequelae After Paediatric Cryptococcal Meningitis.

Alison Gifford, Simran Atulkumar Patel, Masilo Matlakala, Rachael Dangarembizi, Adilia Warris

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Review in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cryptococcal Antigenemia in South African Children Living With HIV.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2026
    Article
  2. Rapid and simultaneous detection ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alison GiffordMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2182-5004
Simran Atulkumar PatelCMM AFRICA Medical Mycology Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0005-4548-2984
Masilo MatlakalaCMM AFRICA Medical Mycology Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.
Rachael DangarembiziCMM AFRICA Medical Mycology Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2211-0625
Adilia WarrisMedical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6586-3358

Funding

MRC Centre for Medical Mycology MR/N006364/2MRC Centre for Medical Mycology MR/V033417/1MRC Doctoral Training Grant MR/ W502649/1NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre NIHR203320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An infectious insult to a child's developing brain has the potential to result in life-long neurological and neurodevelopmental consequences. Adult survivors of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) can suffer from long-term neurological sequelae such as blindness and motor weakness, but little is known about outcomes in children. A PubMed and Ovid Global Health search identified all children <19 yrs of age with proven cryptococcal disease of the central nervous system until October 2024. A total of 868 children were included from 108 publications. In total, 555 (67%) were HIV positive, 67 (8%) non-HIV immunocompromised and 204 (25%) immunocompetent. The mortality rate was 24% (104/430). No child had a documented formal neurodevelopmental assessment after CM. Of those with a documented clinical outcome, 20% (36/184) had neurological sequelae, but this was higher in HIV-positive children (25%, 11/44). Visual impairment was most commonly observed (13%, 23/184) and remarkably higher in those with

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cryptococcal meningitisCryptococcus gattiiCryptococcus neoformansHIVneurodevelopmentpaediatricvisual impairment

Identifiers

PMID41295148
PMCPMC12653805

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