[Premature birth after the use of pentavalent antimonial: case report].
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.
Silveira
Bruna Pinheiro
BP
Hospital Universitário Alcides Carneiro, Brasil.
Araújo Sobrinho
José
J
Leite
Lacínia Freire
LF
Sales
Maria das Neves Andrade
Md
Gouveia
Maria do Socorro Araújo
Mdo S
Mathias
Renato Leal
RL
Guedes Filho
Ricardo Amorim
RA
Barbosa
Sônia Maria
SM
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*
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008536:Meglumine; D000965:Antimony