title: Mother-to-child transmission of cryptococcus neoformans.
abstract: Cryptococcal meningitis was diagnosed in a 92-day-old boy who was not HIV-1-infected and who survived after treatment, although with hydrocephalus. The mother was HIV-1-infected, delivered prematurely, had peripartum cryptococcal meningitis and died 14 days postpartum. There was no other possible source for cryptococcal infection in this infant. This is believed to be a case of mother-to-child transmission of cryptococcosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Srivichai-2 Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sayomporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirinavin
authors.forename: Utcharee
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Intusoma
authors.forename: Suchat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuntirungsee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000635:transmission*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious