A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Child with a Congenital Heart Disease

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Known predisposing conditions</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">HIV/AIDS</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hematological cancer</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Prolonged corticosteroids therapy</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Diabetes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nephrotic syndrome</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Henoch-Schonlein purpura</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Idiopathic thrombolytic purpura</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tuberculosis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alcoholism</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sarcoidosis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Systematic lupus erythematous</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Still’s disease</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chronic hepatitis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">X-linked agammaglobulinemia</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Predisposing conditions for cryptococcal meningitis [<a href="/journals/criid/2021/9994804/#B4" target="_blank">4</a>, <a href="/journals/criid/2021/9994804/#B11" target="_blank">11</a>, <a href="/journals/criid/2021/9994804/#B12" target="_blank">12</a>].</div>

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Table 1: A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Child with a Congenital Heart Disease 