Severe Toxoplasma gondii I/III recombinant-genotype encephalitis in a human immunodeficiency virus patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3138-3140

  Genot, Séverine ^a   Franck, Jacqueline ^b,c   Forel, Jean Marie ^d   Rebaudet, Stanislas ^a   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^c,e   De Paula, Andre Maues ^b   Dardé, Marie Laure ^c,e   Stein, Andreas ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^b,f  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC)   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^f Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TENOFOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CHORIORETINITIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34548696817     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00021-07     Document Type: Article

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