[Toxoplasmosis of the brain as an example of the opportunistic invasion of the women HIV positive]

A Wiercińska-Drapało; A Grzeszczuk; D Rogowska-Szadkowska; D Prokopowicz

[Toxoplasmosis of the brain as an example of the opportunistic invasion of the women HIV positive]

Wiad Parazytol. 1999;45(3):401-3.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

A Wiercińska-Drapało¹, A Grzeszczuk, D Rogowska-Szadkowska, D Prokopowicz

Affiliation

¹ Klinika Obserwacyjno-Zakazna Akademii Medycznej 15-400 Białystok, ul. Zurawia 14.

PMID: 16886384

Abstract

Most toxoplasmosis infections occur in the brain. Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a specially serious complication in patients with AIDS. Similarly to other opportunistic pathogens, Toxoplasma gondii causes rapidly progressive, and often fatal disease in immunosuppressed patients. The diagnosis is difficult, since no sensitive and specific non-invasive diagnostic tests exist. The subject of our study is a 27-old female initially diagnosed with metastasis in central nervous system.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology
Adult
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
Brain Neoplasms / complications
Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Neoplasms / secondary
Diagnosis, Differential
HIV Seropositivity
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Toxoplasma
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / complications
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / diagnostic imaging*
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / drug therapy
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / parasitology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents