Lived experience of people with cryptococcal meningitis: A qualitative study.
Neo A LegareVanessa Cecilia QuanNelesh P Govender MMedJane W MuchiriPublished in: Southern African journal of HIV medicine (2024)
People with HIV-associated CM face negative impacts prior to and after diagnosis. These patients struggled to access timely quality healthcare. Patients starting or restarting antiretroviral therapy, and thus at risk for CM, should receive CM education as part of HIV counselling.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- hiv aids
- hiv testing
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- patient reported outcomes
- hiv infected patients
- health insurance
- social media
- cerebrospinal fluid
- smoking cessation