Determinants of two-year mortality among HIV positive patients with Cryptococcal meningitis initiating standard antifungal treatment with or without adjunctive dexamethasone in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa; Rebecca Nsubuga; Yunia Mayanja; Julius Kiwanuka; Yofesi Nikweri; Martin Onyango; Zacchaeus Anywaine; Abu-Baker Ggayi; Freddie Mukasa Kibengo; Pontiano Kaleebu; Jeremy Day

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008823

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Determinants of two-year mortality among HIV positive patients with Cryptococcal meningitis initiating standard antifungal treatment with or without adjunctive dexamethasone in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Jonathan.Kitonsa@mrcuganda.org, jonathankitonsa@yahoo.com

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-4037

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Rebecca Nsubuga,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-6222

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Yunia Mayanja,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-1818

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Julius Kiwanuka,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aids Health Care Foundation / Uganda Cares, Masaka, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9442-1719

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Yofesi Nikweri,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-8538

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Martin Onyango,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7158-6120

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Zacchaeus Anywaine,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5771-5515

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Abu-Baker Ggayi,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Freddie Mukasa Kibengo,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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Pontiano Kaleebu,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council / Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-2977

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Jeremy Day

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7843-6280

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Determinants of two-year mortality among HIV positive patients with Cryptococcal meningitis initiating standard antifungal treatment with or without adjunctive dexamethasone in Uganda

Jonathan Kitonsa,
Rebecca Nsubuga,
Yunia Mayanja,
Julius Kiwanuka,
Yofesi Nikweri,
Martin Onyango,
Zacchaeus Anywaine,
Abu-Baker Ggayi,
Freddie Mukasa Kibengo,
Pontiano Kaleebu

Published: November 30, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008823

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