Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-positive boy
Cryptococcosis is rare among children, only occurring in about 1% of children with HIV. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy with disseminated cryptococcosis. He had a history of recurrent pneumonia. He then developed meningeal symptoms and was found to have disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans b...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-426962017-09-28T06:35:27Z Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-positive boy Friedman D. Kongthavonsakul K. Oberdorfer P. Cryptococcosis is rare among children, only occurring in about 1% of children with HIV. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy with disseminated cryptococcosis. He had a history of recurrent pneumonia. He then developed meningeal symptoms and was found to have disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans by cerebrospinal fluid and bone marrow aspirate culture. He was treated with amphotericin B for 2 weeks (1 mg/kg/day), and then with fluconazole orally for 8 weeks (12 mg/kg/day). He also received a new diagnosis of HIV and was started on antiretroviral therapy 2 weeks after starting antifungal treatment. At follow-up 8 weeks later, he was doing well. Copyright 2012 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. 2017-09-28T06:35:27Z 2017-09-28T06:35:27Z 2012-12-01 Journal 2-s2.0-84872139414 10.1136/bcr-2012-007036 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84872139414&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42696 |
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Cryptococcosis is rare among children, only occurring in about 1% of children with HIV. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy with disseminated cryptococcosis. He had a history of recurrent pneumonia. He then developed meningeal symptoms and was found to have disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans by cerebrospinal fluid and bone marrow aspirate culture. He was treated with amphotericin B for 2 weeks (1 mg/kg/day), and then with fluconazole orally for 8 weeks (12 mg/kg/day). He also received a new diagnosis of HIV and was started on antiretroviral therapy 2 weeks after starting antifungal treatment. At follow-up 8 weeks later, he was doing well. Copyright 2012 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. |
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-positive boy |
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