Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as sepsis in two aids patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-116

  Barbosa, Carlos José Dornas Gonçalves ^a   Molina, Rodrigo Juliano ^a   De Souza, Murilo Barcelos ^a   Silva, Ana Cristina A ^a   Micheletti, Adilha Rua ^a   Dos Reis, Marlene Antonia ^a   Teixeira, Vicente De Paula Antunes ^a   Silva Vergara, Mario León ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated toxoplasmosis; AIDS; Sepsis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY;

EID: 34248590828     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000200009     Document Type: Article

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