Unusual presentation of Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 488-490

  Davis, Caleb ^a   Manteuffel, Jacob ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GADOLINIUM; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SOMNOLENCE; THRUSH; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84872721263     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.4.12178     Document Type: Article

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