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Successful treatment of Cryptococcus gattii neurocryptococcosis in a 5-year-old immunocompetent child from the French Guiana Amazon region.

Compared to the incidence in adults, cryptococcosis is rare among children. We report a case of neurocryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii in a five-year-old girl without identified risk factors living in French Guiana. Neurological surgery in combination with long-term antifungal treatment with...

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Published in:Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 210 - 214
Main Authors: Debourgogne, Anne, Hagen, Ferry, Elenga, Narcisse, Long, Laurence, Blanchet, Denis, Veron, Vincent, Lortholary, Olivier, Carme, Bernard, Aznar, Christine
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. 10/31/2012
Subjects:
Infection treatment
Cryptococcosis
Neurosurgery
Juvenile diseases
Amphotericin B
Disease incidence
Comparative studies
French Guiana
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