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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Complicating Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Patient.
Miller, Chelsea; Daugherty, Reza; McCulloch, Michael; Stephens, Ina; Williamson, Peter R.
Affiliation
  • Miller C; From the Department of Infectious Disease and Department of Cardiology, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • Daugherty R; From the Department of Infectious Disease and Department of Cardiology, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • McCulloch M; From the Department of Infectious Disease and Department of Cardiology, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • Stephens I; From the Department of Infectious Disease and Department of Cardiology, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • Williamson PR; Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
Pediatr Infect Dis J ; 41(2): 145-147, 2022 02 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34609105
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome can be a complication of cryptococcal meningitis after immune reconstitution from antiretroviral therapy in HIV or reduced immune suppression in transplant recipients. In this case report, the authors discuss the diagnosis and management of cryptococcal-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a 10-year-old pediatric heart transplant recipient.
Subject(s)

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Heart Transplantation / Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Child / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / PEDIATRIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Heart Transplantation / Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Child / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / PEDIATRIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States