Successful Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Bone Marrow Infiltration in a Young HIV/AIDS Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported treatments for C. neoformans infection in the bone marrow of HIV patients.

Study	Patient demographics	Diagnosis	Treatment for cryptococcosis	Survival to hospital discharge?
Serrano Ocana et al [4]	20-year-old African American female	HIV, C. neoformans meningitis, and C. neoformans in bone marrow	Amphotericin B 0.8 mg/kg/day IV for 2 weeks and fluconazole 10 mg/kg/day for 8 weeks	Yes
Friedman et al [5]	12-year-old Thai male	HIV, C. neoformans, and Salmonella enteritis group D in bone marrow	Amphotericin B 1 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks and fluconazole 12 mg/kg/day for 8 weeks	Yes
Swaminathan et al [3]	46-year-old Hispanic male	HIV, Histoplasma, and C. neoformans in bone marrow	Amphotericin B 1 mg/kg/day IV	No

C. neoformans: Cryptococcus neoformans. Amphotericin B deoxycholate formulation was used in all studies above.