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ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2017

Cryptococcal meningitis in a previously healthy child.

Takondwa Chimowa, Isobel King, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Carmen Gonzalez-Martinez

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Article in Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neurological Sequelae After Paediatric Cryptococcal Meningitis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Takondwa ChimowaDepartment of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Isobel KingMulanje Mission Hospital, Mulanje, Malawi.
Pui-Ying Iroh TamDepartment of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Carmen Gonzalez-MartinezDepartment of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital · MW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 8-year-old previously healthy female presented with a 3 weeks history of headache, neck stiffness, deafness, fever and vomiting and was diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis. She had documented hearing loss and was referred to tertiary-level care after treatment with fluconazole did not improve her neurological signs and symptoms. Her symptoms slowly resolved over two months. This case report illustrates the occurrence of cryptococcal meningitis in a non-immunocompromised patient, as well as the challenges of providing effective care in resource-limited settings.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsChildFemaleFluconazoleHumansMeningitis, CryptococcalTreatment OutcomeAntifungal AgentsFluconazole

Identifiers

PMID29963290
PMCPMC6019541
OpenAlexW2784326237

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