Cryptococcal meningitis in children: Description of 3 cases;Cryptococcose neuroméningée de l'enfant: À propos de 3 cas

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-178

  Ndiaye, M ^a   Diagne, N R ^b   Seek, L B ^a   Sow, A D ^a   Sene, M S ^a   Diop, A G ^a   Sow, H D ^b   Ndiaye, M M ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^b Hopital d'Enfants Albert Royer Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Child; Cryptococcal meningitis; Developing country; Senegal

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; INDIAN INK; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG COMBINATION; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960901144     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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