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The treatment of a pregnant HIV positive patient with cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi. Case report and review of treatment options

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...

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Autores principales: Bright, Philip D., Lupiya, Duncan, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Chen, Amy, Harrison, Thomas S., Chan, Adrienne K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.10.002