Cryptococcosis in children in the State of Pará, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Oliveira, Eliseth Costa¹  Corrêa, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Costa¹  Duarte, Rosineide Roseli Barros Seixas¹  Santa Casa, Porto Alegre¹  Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém¹  Severo, Luiz Carlos¹  Oliveira, Flávio de Mattos¹  Pardal, Pedro Pereira Oliveira¹ 

关键词: Cryptococosis;    Cryptococcus neoformans;    Cryptococcus neoformans var;    gattii;    Childhood;    Meningitis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86821999000500006

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

We report 19 cases of cryptococcosis in children, diagnosed in Belém, PA. In nine patients the variety of the etiologic agent was studied and identified as Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii.The average age of these patients was 7.8 years (range, 5-13 years) There were 5 girls and 4 boys (ratio, 1.25:1). Amphotericin B treatment (associated with fluconazole 3 or fluocytosine 1) was given but five (56%) of these patients died in the following three months. The existence of highly endemic areas of infection by var. gattii in Pará, Brazil and the severity of the disease due to this fungal variety are commented.

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