Eighteen cases of confirmed AIDS with cryptococcal meningitis in Bata Regional Hospital, Equatorial Guinea from January 1997 to November 1999 were analysed. The associated morbidity and mortality rates were very high. Contributory factors were the failure to note the occurrence of AIDS with cryptococcal meningitis, late presentation, serious illness and severe complications, and delayed and inadequate therapy.
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