Cryptococcal meningitis in immunocompetent Papua New Guinean children

We report three cases of meningo-encephalitis caused by Cryptococcous neoformans var. gattii in apparently immunocompetent children presenting to a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea (PNG) over a nine-month period. After a postmortem diagnosis was made in the first case, a further two were iden...

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Published in:	Tropical doctor Vol. 40; no. 1; p. 61
Main Authors:	Laman, M, Hwaihwanje, I, Davis, T M E, Manning, L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-01-2010
Subjects:	Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology Child Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification Female Humans Immunocompetence Male Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Cryptococcal - drug therapy Meningitis, Cryptococcal - epidemiology Meningitis, Cryptococcal - microbiology Papua New Guinea - epidemiology Papua New Guinea
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