Toxoplasma encephalitis in aids patients in são paulo during 1988 and 1991. A comparative retrospective analysis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Passos, Luciana Neves ^a,b   De Araújo Filho, Orlando Florentino ^a,b   De Andrade Jr , Heitor Franco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Central nervous system; Clinical picture; Death rate; Prognosis; Toxoplasma encephalitis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0034180961     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000300006     Document Type: Review

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