title: [Premature birth after the use of pentavalent antimonial: case report].
abstract: A case is reported of a 19-year-old woman, at week 24 of gestation, with visceral leishmaniosis. She was treated with meglumine antimoniate at a dose of 850 mg/day for 20 days. There occurred premature birth on day five of treatment and the neonate died one day after birth. Considering the importance of protozoiasis in our population and the rarity of the association with pregnancy, we resolved to publish the case.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Pinheiro
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Araújo Sobrinho
authors.forename: Lacínia Freire
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Maria das Neves Andrade
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Maria do Socorro Araújo
authors.initials: Mdo S
authors.lastname: Gouveia
authors.forename: Renato Leal
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.forename: Ricardo Amorim
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Guedes Filho
authors.forename: Sônia Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000328:Adult; D000965:Antimony / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008536:Meglumine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008536:Meglumine; D000965:Antimony