Primary cerebral toxoplasmosis: A rare case of ventriculitis and hydrocephalus in AIDS

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 106-111

  Sell, M ^a   Klingebiel, R ^b   Di Iorio, G ^c   Sampaolo, S ^b,c  

^a VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Hydrocephalus; Plexitis; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; EPENDYMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; SYPHILIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 18844409129     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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