Treatment of toxoplasma brain abscess with clindamycin and sulfadiazine in an AIDS patient with concurrent atypical pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 646-649

  Tsai, Hung Chin ^a,c   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^b   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^b   Lin, Wei Ru ^b   Chen, Yao Shen ^b   Huang, Chun Kai ^b   Liu, Yung Ching ^b   Chen, Eng Rin ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Sulfadiazine; Toxoplasma brain abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOLINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROLIDE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RASH; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0036767979     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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