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Prevention/Treatment Guidelines
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
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

 
Characteristics and outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV seronegative children in Beijing, China, 2002-2013.
Guo LY, Liu LL, Liu Y, et al al
BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 4;16(1):635.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in Children from Mexico.
 Valenzuela O, González-Díaz M, Garibay-Escobar A,  et al
PLoS One. 2014 Apr 22;9(4):e96128.
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Isolation of Cryptococcus magnus and Cryptococcus chernovii from nasal cavities of
pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Khan Z, Mokaddas E, Ahmad S, Burhamah MH.
Med Mycol. 2010 Oct 27
 Abstract

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

 

 

 

 
 
  Successful treatment of disseminated cryptococcal infection in a pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient during induction.
Heath JL, Yin DE, Wechsler DS, Turner DA.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):e161-3
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Case Studies

 

 

 

 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Complicated and Protracted Cryptococcal Disease in HIV-Infected Children.
 Hassan H, Cotton MF, Rabie H.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jul 1.
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-positive boy.
Friedman D, Kongthavonsakul K, Oberdorfer P.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Oct 26;2012.
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Cryptococcal meningitis in children: description of 3 cases
Ndiaye M, Diagne NR, Seck LB,
 Med Trop (Mars). 2011 Apr;71(2):176-8
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Cryptococcal meningitidis in two HIV-negative children.
Adonis-Koffy L, Diarrassouba G, Mouba J,et al  
Arch Pediatr. 2010 May 14.
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Cryptococcus meningitis in an immunocompetent child: A case report.
Ndiaye M, Hagerimana R, Diagne NS, et al 
Arch Pediatr. 2010 Apr 16
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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.
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Cryptococcosis associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis.
 Suárez-Rivera M, Abadeer RA, Kott MM, Braun MC.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 Feb 6
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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;
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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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