Acute toxoplasmoses in immunocompetent patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit in French Guiana

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Demar, M ^a,b   Hommel, D ^a   Djossou, F ^a,b   Peneau, C ^c   Boukhari, R ^c   Louvel, D ^a   Bourbigot, A M ^a   Nasser, V ^c   Ajzenberg, D ^d,e   Darde, M L ^d,e   Carme, B ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE GUYANE   (France)

^c Saint Laurent du Maroni Hospital   (French Guiana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonian toxoplasmosis; Atypical Toxoplasma gond i; Disseminated infection; French Guiana; Life threatening pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84858015453     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03648.x     Document Type: Article

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