Rapid advice: Diagnosis, prevention and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents and children
1 December 2011
| Guideline
Overview
The publication provides both a summary of the key evidence and its assessment using the GRADE process, and recommendations on the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolescents (10-19 years) and children (up to 10 years), with a focus on settings with limited health systems capacity and resources, and a high burden of cryptococcal disease.It outlines standards for high quality care of persons living with HIV infection and patients with cryptococcal disease, by providing evidence-based recommendations that consider the risks and benefits, acceptability, feasibility, cost and other resource implications.
Target audience: The recommendations are aimed at policy makers, national treatment advisory boards, and HIV programme managers, as well as health-care professionals providing care for HIV-infected adults, adolescents, and children in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
WHO Team
Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes (HHS),
Guidelines Review Committee
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
44
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978 92 4 150297 9
Copyright
All rights reserved