AIDS-related cerebral toxoplasmosis with hyperintense foci on T1-weighted MR images: A case report

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Maeda, T ^a,b   Fujii, T ^b   Matsumura, T ^b   Endo, T ^b   Odawara, T ^b   Itoh, D ^b   Inoue, Y ^b   Okubo, T ^b   Iwamoto, A ^a,b   Nakamura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; MRI; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 33748688805     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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