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The treatment of a pregnant HIV positive patient with cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi. Case report and review of treatment options
Publication date: Available online 28 October 2017 Source:Medical Mycology Case Reports Author(s): Philip D. Bright, Duncan Lupiya, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Amy Chen, Thomas S. Harrison, Adrienne K. Chan 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...
Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports - October 28, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: research
