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Cryptococcal Meningitis In Hiv Negative Pregnant Women: Case Report And Review Of Literature
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Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo. , v. 51, n. 5, p. 289 - 294, 2009.
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10.1590/S0036-46652009000500010
2-s2.0-70449636039
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Costa M.L.B.
De Souza J.P.D.
De Oliveira Neto A.F.
Pinto E Silva J.L.
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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 immunosuppression, which likely prevents fetal rejection, this could explain the occurrence of opportunistic infections. Objective: To report a case of cryptococcosis, and review all cases involving pregnancy and neurocryptococcal infection in immune competent pregnant patients. Methods: Case report and systematic review of the literature using the MEDLINE and SciELO databases. Discussion: A total of 27 patients were analyzed from 19 studies. The mean age at diagnosis was 26.4 years. There were six patients in their first trimester of pregnancy, 10 in the second, eight in the third and three post-partum. 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