RESUMO
Cryptococcal meningitidis is rare, occurring particularly in adults infected with the HIV virus. The authors report the cases of 2 immunocompetent girls who were 3 and 13 years old. The authors describe the risk factors, the clinical symptoms, and the biological characteristics of the cerebrospinal fluid.
Assuntos
Criptococose/diagnóstico , Meningite Fúngica/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Pré-Escolar , Criptococose/tratamento farmacológico , Cryptococcus neoformans/isolamento & purificação , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Fluconazol/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Imunocompetência , Meningite Fúngica/tratamento farmacológico , Sepse/microbiologiaRESUMO
Child poisoning represent a public health problem in Africa and their particularities are linked to the way of life the population. We have made in the course of March 1999 an inquiry on 55 mothers at Yopougon in Abidjan. This inquiry was focused on their knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation acute poisoning children. The results of this inquiry will serve to organize a sanitary education for parents on the behaviour to have in case of an accident.
