ArticleMedical mycology case reports2018
The treatment of a pregnant HIV positive patient with cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi. Case report and review of treatment options.
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- Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2024Guideline
- Cryptococcosis in pregnancy and the postpartum period: Case series and systematic review with recommendations for management.Medical mycology · 2020Pooled it
- Successful desensitization to liposomal amphotericin B for the treatment of disseminated cryptococcosis in pregnancy: a case report.ASM case reports · 2026Article
- Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
This case reports cryptococcal meningitis in an HIV positive woman on antiretroviral therapy, presenting with left middle cerebral artery stroke at 30 weeks gestation. The patient had well-controlled HIV (CD4 count over 200 cells/mL). The immunosuppressive effects of the pregnancy likely contributed to the development of cryptococcal disease. The patient was successfully treated with two weeks of amphotericin B followed by fluconazole, delivered a healthy baby, but remained with a permanent severe neurological deficit.
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