Severe pneumonia during primary infection with an atypical strain of Toxoplasma gondii in an immunocompetent young man

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  De Salvador Guillouët, Francine ^a   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^b   Chaillou Opitz, Sylvie ^a   Saint Paul, Marie Christine ^c   Dunais, Brigitte ^a   Dellamonica, Pierre ^a   Marty, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atypical strain; Immunocompetent; Pneumonia; Severe toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 33745963070     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.10.026     Document Type: Article

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