Visceral leishmaniasis as a cause of postpartum pyrexia - case report

• Authors: Stevan Milosevic , Mirjana Bogavac , Goran Malenkovic , Milotka Fabri , Maja Ruzic , Tihomir Dugandzija
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

Fever of unknown origin; Postpartal period; Sepsis; Puerperium; Visceral leishmaniasis; Kala-azar

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 149-152

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2013

online

23 - 1 - 2013

Contributors

author

Stevan Milosevic

• Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Center of Vojvodina — Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

author

Mirjana Bogavac

• Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Center of Vojvodina — Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

author

Goran Malenkovic

• Faculty of Medicine, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Clinic for Surgical Oncology — Department of Gynecology, University of Novi Sad, Sremska Kamenica, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

author

Milotka Fabri

• Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Center of Vojvodina — Department for Infectious disease, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

author

Maja Ruzic

• Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Center of Vojvodina — Department for Infectious disease, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

author

Tihomir Dugandzija

• Faculty of Medicine, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Department of Epidemiology, University of Novi Sad, Sremska Kamenica, AP Vojvodina, Serbia

References

• [1] Loudon I. The cause and prevention of puerperal sepsis. JR Soc Med 2000;93:394–395
• [2] Kainer F. Postpartum infection. Gynakol Prax 2006;30:201–207
• [3] Drife J. Infection and maternal mortality. In: MacLean AB, Regan L, Carrington D, eds. Infection and Pregnancy. London: RCOG Press, 2001:355–364
• [4] Figueiró-Filho EA, Duarte G, El Beitune P, Quintana SM, Maia TL. Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in pregnancy. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2004. 12:31–40 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1064744042000210384[Crossref]
• [5] Jeronimo, SMB, de Queiroz Sousa, et al. Leishmaniasis. In: Tropical infectious diseases: principles, pathogens and practice, Guerrant, RL, Walker, DH, Weller, PF (Eds), Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Edinburgh, Scotland 2006. p.1095–1113
• [6] Gradoni L, Gaeta GB, Pellizzer G, Maisto A, Scalone A. Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in pregnancy. Scand J Infect Dis. 1994;26(5):627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365549409011824[Crossref]
• [7] Bourée P, Bisaro F. Parasitic diseases and pregnancy. Rev Prat 2007;57:137–147 [PubMed]
• [8] Mellor AL, Munn DH (2000) Immunology at the maternal-fetal interface: lessons for T cell tolerance and suppression. Annu Rev Immunol 18:367–391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.367[Crossref]
• [9] Meinecke CK, Schottelius J, Oskam L, Fleischer B. Congenital transmission of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala Azar) from an asymptomatic mother to her child. Pediatrics 1999;104:e65 http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.104.5.e65[Crossref]
• [10] Jurisic V, Stojacic-Djenic S, Colovic N, Konjevic G. The role of cytokine in regulation of the natural killer cell activity. Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2008;136(7–8):423–429 http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/SARH0808423J[Crossref]
• [11] Zinchuk A, Nadraga A. Congenital visceral leishmaniasis in Ukraine: case report. Ann Trop Paediatr 2010;30:161–164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/146532810X12703902516400[WoS][Crossref]
• [12] Pagliano P, Carannante N, Rossi M, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Faella FS, Gaeta GB. Visceral leishmaniasis in pregnancy: a case series and a systematic review of the literature. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Feb;55(2):229–233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkh538[Crossref]

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0104-y