Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Mortality: 10 weeks · HIV‐infected individual with first episode of cryptococcal meningitis

One week of AmBd + FLU showed no clear difference in mortality: 10 weeks compared with two weeks of AmBd + FLU (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Treatment for HIV‐associated cryptococcal meningitis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.18 [0.88, 1.58]
1 study · 225 participants
Moderate

Mortality: 10 weeks · HIV‐infected individual with first episode of cryptococcal meningitis

One week of AmBd + FLU probably leads to higher mortality: 10 weeks compared with two weeks of 5FC + FLU (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Treatment for HIV‐associated cryptococcal meningitis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.39 [1.07, 1.8]
1 study · 336 participants
Moderate

Mortality: 10 weeks · HIV‐infected individual with first episode of cryptococcal meningitis

One week of AmBd + FLU showed no clear difference in mortality: 10 weeks compared with two weeks of AmBd + 5FC (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Treatment for HIV‐associated cryptococcal meningitis 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.27 [0.94, 1.72]
1 study · 226 participants
Moderate