Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV negative pregnant women: case report and review of literature Meningite criptocóccica em gestante HIV negativa: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcosis has become an important entity due to the epidemic of AIDS and therefore it is a significant opportunistic infection. However, there are case reports of cryptococcal meningitis in immune competent pregnant women. Since pregnancy is considered a period of relative immunos...

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Hauptverfasser:	Maria Laura Botelho Costa, João Paulo Dias de Souza, Antônio Francisco de Oliveira Neto, João Luiz Pinto e Silva
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2009-10-01
Schriftenreihe:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Schlagworte:	Cryptococcal meningitis Cryptococcosis Pregnancy Antifungal therapy
Online-Zugang:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652009000500010
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