Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV negative pregnant women: Case report and review of literature

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 289-294

  Costa, Maria Laura Botelho ^a   De Souza, João Paulo Dias ^a   De Oliveira Neto, Antônio Francisco ^a   Pinto E Silva, João Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 70449636039     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000500010     Document Type: Article

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