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- Title
Coccidioidomycosis and Pregnancy.
- Authors
SPINELLO, IRENE M.; JOHNSON, ROYCE H.; BAQI, SHEHLA
- Abstract
Coccidioidomycosis (CM) is a fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. CM has been recognized as a complicating factor in pregnancy since at least the 1940s, and seems to be a relatively uncommon infection during pregnancy. The disease presentation during pregnancy includes a wide clinical spectrum that ranges from mild influenza-like illness and pneumonia, especially in the first two trimesters of pregnancy. The third trimester of pregnancy is a time of high risk for dissemination. Immunologic and hormonal changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period may account for any increased frequency and severity of disease observed during pregnancy. Early diagnosis and appropriate aggressive therapeutic intervention with careful monitoring usually result in good outcome.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOUTH America; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PREGNANCY complications; SYSTEMIC mycoses; MYCOSES; COMMUNICABLE diseases; DISEASES; INFLUENZA
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007, Vol 1111, p358
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1196/annals.1406.008