title: Cryptococcal meningitis in African children.
abstract: Three cases of cryptococcal meningitis in Malawian children aged 6 weeks, 3 years and 9 years are described. Only 23 cases of cryptococcal meningitis in children have been described previously, but in children from Europe and the USA. These are therefore the first cases of cryptococcosis to be described in African children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Subramanyam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mtitimila
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Broadhead
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008295:Malawi; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*