Placental Cryptococcus neoformans infection without neonatal disease: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-252

  Darko, Angela D ^a   Dim, Daniel C ^a   Taylor, Gregory ^b   Watson, Douglas C ^b   Sun, Chen Chih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Cryptococcus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RNA VIRUS; TERM BIRTH; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHORIONIC VILLI; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 66749101240     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-10-0549.1     Document Type: Article

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