Ventriculitis and hydrocephalus: An unusual presentation of toxoplasmosis in an adult with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1074-

  De Silva, T ^a   Raychaudhuri, M ^a   Poulton, M ^a   Achar, A ^b   Hampton, T ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; JC VIRUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 23144444821     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.055418     Document Type: Article

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