Disseminated toxoplasmosis: An atypical presentation in an immunocompetent patient

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-60

  de Souza Neves, Elizabeth ^a   Kropf, Andrea ^b   Bueno, Wendy Fernandes ^a   Bonna, Isabel Cristina Fabregas ^c   Curi, André Luis Land ^a   Amendoeira, Maria Regina R ^c   Filho, Octavio Fernandes ^c  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Evangélico   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 78650798386     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100228     Document Type: Article

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