title: Cutaneous lesions of disseminated cryptococcosis as the presenting manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus infection in a twenty-two-month-old child.
abstract: We report the case of a 22-month-old African boy with cutaneous lesions as the predominant feature of disseminated cryptococcosis (positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures) and as the presenting manifestation of severe vertically acquired HIV infection (CDC C3 category). To our knowledge these cutaneous lesions have never been reported as the initial manifestation of AIDS in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Louvain at Mont-Goddine, Yvoir, Belgium. david.tuerlinckx@pedi.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tuerlinckx
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bodart
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Garrino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weemaes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Bilderling
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*