Cryptococcosis is an infrequent but treatable opportunistic infection of HIV-infected children. The diagnosis of HIV in this case was not clear at admission but clinical history was consisted of several typical signs like body weight loss, recurrent temperature, episode of severe bacterial disease. In all patients with fever, headache, meningismus and CD4 + T-lymphocyte deficiency should be suspected cryptococcosis.
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