Childhood cryptococcosis: an increasing problem in the era of AIDS.
The authors reported 8 children with cryptococcosis from King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital from 1991 to 2000. Five patients were older than five years. The two common underlying diseases were HIV/AIDS (5 cases) and systemic lupus erythematosus (2 cases). Seven cases had been observed in the past four years, four of these in 2000. One patient developed disseminated disease and two patients died. In the era of HIV/AIDS and due to the fact that HIV-infected children are tending to live longer, we may encounter a higher occurrence of this opportunistic fungus in children.
Pancharoen
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chindamporn
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Thisyakorn
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