Cerebral toxoplasmosis in an allogeneic peripheral stem cell transplant recipient: Case report and review of literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-335

  Cibickova, L ^a,b   Horacek, J ^a   Prasil, P ^a   Slovacek, L ^a   Kohout, A ^a   Cerovsky, V ^a   Hobza, V ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Stereotactic biopsy; Transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35848971207     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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