Atypical toxoplasmic manifestation after discontinuation of maintenance therapy in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient with immune recovery

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 1;37(7):e112-4. doi: 10.1086/378126. Epub 2003 Sep 10.

Abstract

We describe an HIV-infected man with recurrence of a toxoplasmic manifestation, despite immune reconstitution during highly active antiretroviral therapy. This atypical recurrence was more likely to be a reinfection than a reactivation, as attested by the genotypic analysis of the Toxoplasma gondii strain recovered from the patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / immunology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology*
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • HIV-1
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Toxoplasma
  • Toxoplasmosis / etiology*
  • Toxoplasmosis / immunology
  • Toxoplasmosis / parasitology

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents