Maternal and perinatal outcomes of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) treated with sodium stibogluconate in eastern Sudan
Adam, G.K.; Abdulla, M.A.; Ahmed, A.A.; Adam, I.
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 107(3): 208-210
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-3479 PMID: 19766208 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.08.002Document Number: 209312
To investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes when pregnant women with visceral leishmaniasis (VL, also known as kala-azar) are treated with the antimonial sodium stibogluconate. Forty-two pregnant women with VL were treated with sodium stibogluconate at Gadarif Hospital, Gadarif, Sudan, and mother and child were followed up for 1 year. The treatment began at a mean+/-SD of 24.4+/-9.2 weeks of pregnancy. None of the patients had malaria or HIV. Two (4.7%) who received the treatment in the first trimester had miscarriages; 4 (4.9%) died from hepatic encephalopathy during the second week of treatment; and 2 (4.7%) had preterm deliveries. One of the newborns had a myelomeningocele and died at 2 hours, and the other died from VL at 2 months. Preventive measures against VL should be employed in the region, and more research on VL and its treatment during pregnancy is needed.
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