Diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients in Brazil: Importance of molecular and immunological methods using peripheral blood samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5044-5047

  Colombo, Fabio A ^a   Vidal, José E ^b   Penalva De Oliveira, Augusto C ^b   Hernandez, Adrián V ^c   Bonasser Filho, Francisco ^b   Nogueira, Roberta S ^b   Focaccia, Roberto ^b   Pereira Chioccola, Vera Lucia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 26944480056     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5044-5047.2005     Document Type: Article

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