title: Itraconazole in cryptococcal meningitis in pregnancy: a case report.
abstract: A 25-year-old pregnant women with cryptococcal meningitis treated with itraconazole during the first few weeks and 12th-16th week of pregnancy is reported. She delivered a normal baby. Itraconazole should be another drug for treatment of fungal infection in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chotmongkol
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sookprasert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017964:Itraconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine; D007654:Ketoconazole