[Cryptococcal meningitis and AIDS. Clinical description of 10 patients].

We have studied 10 patients with cryptococcal meningitis and AIDS. Nine of them were intravenous drug users and four have been previously diagnosed of AIDS. In 60% of them cryptococcal meningitis was the first opportunistic infection, and as group represented only 6.

[Tuberculosis and AIDS. Study of 54 patients].

We present 54 cases of tuberculosis (TBC) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) that were observed during five years and represent 37% of our AIDS patients. TBC was diagnosed before AIDS in 7, after AIDS in 5 and simultaneously in 42. Eighty-seven per cent were intravenous drug users (IVDU) and no hemophilia cases were recorded.