[Neurocryptococcosis in childhood. Report of 3 cases in the 1st decade of life]. / Neurocriptococose na infância. Relato de três casos na primeira décade de vida.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 45(4): 403-11, 1987 Dec.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3329508
The authors report three cases of central nervous system cryptococcosis in children in the first decade of life, from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Diagnosis was supported by demonstration of Cryptococcus neoformans with India-ink preparations of the spinal fluid and Sabouraud's media culture. Clinical presentation included acute, subacute and chronic forms. Increased intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus were the complications during the course of the disease, and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was used in one case. Undernutrition was associated with all cases and tubercle bacillus infection with one. Specific therapy was administered to the three patients. One patient was cured and the other two died.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encefalopatias
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Criptococose
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
1987
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Alemanha