Review: The application of corticosteroids in cryptococcal meningitis.

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a serious disease with high morbidity and mortality. Although the patients who received corticosteroids were at high risk of having CM, corticosteroids also have been used as an adjunct to antifungal drugs for treating people with CM in some situations (such as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, cerebral cyptococcoma, et al.). Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the application of the corticosteroids in CM, aiming to help clinicians to reasonably use corticosteroids in patients with CM.

• Authors: Junyu Liu, Jia Liu, Lu Yang, Xiaofeng Xu, Qin Bang-E, Ying Jiang, Fuhua Peng
• Journal: Journal de mycologie medicale (J Mycol Med) Vol. 33 Issue 2 Pg. 101364 (May 2023) ISSN: 1773-0449 [Electronic] France
• PMID: 36870302 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2023 SFMM. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Topics

• Humans
• Meningitis, Cryptococcal (drug therapy)
• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (drug therapy)
• HIV Infections (drug therapy)
• Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)