De la prueba de tinta china como tamizaje para esta infección. Se obtuvieron los datos del líquido cefalorraquídeo de 252 pacientes VIH positivos admitidos de mayo a octubre del 2014 en el Hospital de Infectología de Guayaquil, Ecuador. Los análisis se realizaron por cultivo y tinta china en 81 pacientes, cuyos resultados de sensibilidad y valor predictivo negativo fueron 80% y 93,55% respectivamente. Como conclusión se consideró la tinta china como una prueba de tamizaje relativamente buena por su buen valor predictivo negativo pero medianamente buen valor sensitivo. ABSTRACTMeningitis by Cryptococcus spp is a serious public health problem in HIV + patients, therefore the Indian ink utility as screening test for this infection was determined. Cerebrospinal fluid data of 252 HIV + patients admitted from May to October 2014 at the Hospital de Infectología de Guayaquil was collected. Analysis from this cerebrospinal fluid was performed by Indian ink and culture in 81 patients, whose sensibility and negative predictive value were 80% and 93,55%, respectively. As conclusion the Indian ink was considered a relatively good screening test because of its good negative predictive value but moderately good sensibility.
Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Anti-CD4 Autoantibody Levels in HIV Associate with Neuroinflammation
