High-intensity signals in the basal ganglia from gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI as an early change in toxoplasma encephalitis in an AIDS patient

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-138

  Suzuki, Kei ^a   Masuya, Masahiro ^a   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^a   Ito, Naomi ^a   Ohishi, Kohshi ^a   Maeda, Masayuki ^b   Katayama, Naoyuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PREDNISOLONE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAZIL; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SPEECH DISORDER; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77952238939     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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