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Prevention/Treatment Guidelines
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

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Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-exposed and infected children:
recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the Infectious
Diseases Society of America.
Mofenson LM, Oleske J, Serchuck L, et al
MMWR Dec 3, 2004 / 53(RR14);1-63
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General Reports

 

 

 

 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Molecular and Spatial Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in a Semi-urban
Community in South India.
Ajjampur SS, Gladstone BP, Selvapandian D, et al 
J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jan 24
 Abstract
 
Incidence of cryptosporidiosis species in paediatric patients in Malawi.
Morse TD, Nichols RA, Grimason AM, et al  
Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Jan 15;:1-9
Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis in pediatric AIDS.
Kaur R, Rawat D, Kakkar M, et al.
J Trop Pediatr 2003 Apr;49(2):124-5
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Diagnosis/Monitoring

 

 

 

 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  The spectrum of computerized tomography (CT) findings in central nervous system
(CNS) infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in immunocompetent children.
Correa Mdo P, Severo LC, Oliveira Fde M, et al.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2002 Sep-Oct;44(5):283-7
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Clinical Management

 

 

 

 

Case Studies

 

 

 

 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Cryptococcus meningitis and skin lesions in an HIV negative child.
 Swe Han KS, Bekker A, Greeff S, Perkins DR.  
J Clin Pathol. 2008 Oct;61(10):1138-9.
 Abstract
 
Cryptococcosis associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis.
 Suárez-Rivera M, Abadeer RA, Kott MM, Braun MC.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 Feb 6
 Abstract
 
Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM), cryptococcal reactivation and
disseminated Herpes simplex in an HIV infected child following HAART.
van Toorn R, Kritzinger F, Rabie H.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2005 Jun 22;
Abstract
 
Disseminated infection with Cryptococcus neoformans var neoformans in an 8 years
immunocompetent girl.
Chaudhary MW, Sardana K, Kumar P, et al  
Indian J Pediatr. 2005 Jan;72(1):85.
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Systemic humicolus cryptococcosis.
Shinde SM, Vanarse KS, Pandit AN.74
Indian Pediatr. 2004 Nov;41(11):1162-4.
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A ten-year-old boy with a pulmonary nodule secondary to Cryptococcus neoformans:
case report and review of the literature.
Sweeney DA, Caserta MT, Korones DN,et al
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Dec;22(12):1089-1093
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