Liver toxoplasmosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 87, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 353-355

  Mastroianni, Antonio ^a,b   Coronado, Olga ^a   Scarani, Paolo ^a   Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Opportunistic infections; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030188115     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Luft BJ, Remington J. Toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15: 211-22.
2. Curry A, Turner AJ, Lucas S. Opportunistic protozoan infections in human immunodeficiency virus disease: review highlighting diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. J Clin Pathol 1991; 44: 182-93.
3. Ahuja SK, Ahuja SS, Thelmo W, Seymour A, Phelps KR. Necrotizing pancreatitis and multisystem organ failure associated with toxoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16: 432-4.
4. Welker Y, Geissmann F, Benali A, Bron J, Molina JM, Decazes JM. Toxoplasma-induced cystitis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 18: 453-4.
5. Schneiderman DJ, Arenson DM, Cello JP, Margaretten W, Weber TE. Hepatic disease in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Hepatology 1987; 7: 925-30.
6. Glasgow BJ, Anders K, Layfield LJ, Steinsapir KD, Gitnick GL, Lewin KJ. Clinical and pathologic findings of the liver in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Am J Clin Pathol 1985; 83: 582-8.
7. Gradon JD, Timpone JG, Schnittman SM. Emergence of unusual opportunistic pathogens in AIDS: a review. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15: 134-57.
8. Kabelitz HJ. Laberkrankunger bei postnatal erworbener toxoplasmose. Wien Wochenschr 1962; 74: 310-1.
9. Weitberg AB, Alpert JC, Diamond J, Fligiel Z. Acute granulomatous hepatitis in the course of acquired toxoplasmosis. N Engl J Med 1979; 300: 1093-6.
10. Albrecht H, Skörde J, Arasteh K, et al. Disseminated toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients. Report of 16 cases. Scand J Infect Dis 1995; 27: 71-4.
11. Liesenfeld O, Roth A, Weinke T, Foss HD, Hahn H. A case of disseminated toxoplasmosis-value of PCR for the diagnosis. J Infect 1994; 29: 133-8.
12. Brion JP, Pelloux H, Le Marc'hadour F, Stahl JP, Vilde JL, Micoud M. Acute toxoplasmic hepatitis in a patient with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15: 183-4.
13. Gandhi S, Lyubsky S, Jimenez-Lucho V. Adult respiratory distress syndrome associated with disseminated toxoplasmosis. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 19: 169-71.
14. Artigas J, Grosse G, Niedobitek F. Anergic disseminated toxoplasmosis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1993; 117: 540-1.
15. Cazenave J, Broussin B, Verin Ph, Tirard V, Chyrou A, Begueret J. Apport de l'amplification génique au diagnostic biologique de la toxoplasmose. Presse Méd 1994; 12: 573-5.
16. Schoondermark-van de Ven, Galama J, Kraaijeveld C, Van Druten J, Meuwissen J, Melchers W. Value of the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16: 661-6.
17. Calicò E, Chaballero E, Martinez O, et al. Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from immunocompromised patients using tissue culture. Infection 1991; 19: 340-2.
18. Wong SY, Hajdu MP, Ramirez R, Thulliez P, McLeod R, Remington JS. Role of specific immunoglobulin E in diagnosis of acute Toxoplasma infection and toxoplasmosis. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2952-9.
19. Filice GA, Hitt JA, Mitchell CD, Blackstad M, Sorensen SW. Diagnosis of Toxoplasma parasitemia in patients with AIDS by gene detection after amplification with polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2327-31.