Artículos de revistas
Neurocriptococose durante a gravidez: revisão da literatura. Relato de dois casos
Fecha
1993-08-01Registro en:
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. Instituto de Medicina Tropical, v. 35, n. 4, p. 367-371, 1993.
0036-4665
S0036-46651993000400011.pdf
S0036-46651993000400011
10.1590/S0036-46651993000400011
Autor
Pereira, Carlos Alberto Pires
Fischman, Olga
Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
Moron, Antonio Fernandes
Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos
Institución
Resumen
Two cases of neurocryptococcosis were diagnosed during pregnancy in São Paulo (Brazil). Amphotericin B was used in the second trimester in one patient. The other, received amphotericin B during the first trimester of pregnancy and 5-fluorocytosine was added in the second trimester. In both, the pregnancy was uneventful and the fetus suffered no damage. The therapy used to treat pregnant women with cryptococcal meningitis is commented. The newborn follow-up is discussed. A review of the literature concerning neurocryptococcosis during pregnancy is presented. São descritos os dois primeiros casos de neurocriptococose durante a gravidez diagnosticados em São Paulo (Brasil). Uma paciente foi tratada com anfotericina B no segundo trimestre, a outra, com anfotericina B no primeiro trimestre e no 2º trimestre com anfotericina B e 5 flucitosina. Ambas tiveram boa evolução materna e fetal. É apresentada revisão da literatura da neurocriptococose em gestantes.