Severe acute disseminated toxoplasmosis acquired by an immunocompetent patient in French Guiana

Philippe Bossi; Luc Paris; Eric Caumes; Christine Katlama; Martin Danis; François Bricaire

doi:10.1080/00365540110080124

Severe acute disseminated toxoplasmosis acquired by an immunocompetent patient in French Guiana

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(4):311-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540110080124.

Authors

Philippe Bossi¹, Luc Paris, Eric Caumes, Christine Katlama, Martin Danis, François Bricaire

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. [email protected]

PMID: 12064700
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110080124

Abstract

Disseminated toxoplasmosis during acute infections has rarely been observed in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of severe acute disseminated toxoplasmosis acquired by an immunocompetent patient in French Guiana and review the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Animals
French Guiana
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Spiramycin / therapeutic use
Toxoplasma / cytology
Toxoplasma / growth & development
Toxoplasma / immunology
Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*
Toxoplasmosis / immunology
Toxoplasmosis / pathology

Substances

Spiramycin