Cryptococcal Meningitis in Pediatric AIDS | Zendy

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Cryptococcal Meningitis in Pediatric AIDS

Author(s) -

Ravinder Kaur,

Deepti Rawat,

Manish Kakkar,

Ranjan Monga,

Vinay Sharma

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

journal of tropical pediatrics

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1465-3664

pISSN - 0142-6338

DOI - 10.1093/tropej/49.2.124

Subject(s) - medicine , flucytosine , cryptococcus neoformans , cryptococcal meningitis , meningitis , amphotericin b , cryptococcosis , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , aids related opportunistic infections , cryptococcus , immunology , antifungal , sida , viral disease , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Cryptococcus neoformans is an infrequent cause of meningitis in children. We report two cases of HIV positive children of HIV non-reactive parents who were diagnosed as suffering from cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with amphotericin B and flucytosine was instituted in both the children who recovered and are doing well.

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