Bibliographic information
Recommendation
In settings with ready access to and no contraindication for lumbar puncture: i) If both access to a cryptococcal antigen assay (either lateral flow assay or latex agglutination assay) and rapid results (less than 24 hours) are available: Lumbar puncture with rapid cerebrospinal fluidcryptococcal antigen assay is the preferred diagnostic approach.
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV.
WHO guidelines on the management of advanced HIV disease