Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in immunocompetent adult patients with Toxoplasma gondii acute lymphadenitis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 357-361

  Wong, Weng Kit ^a   Upton, Arlo ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Microbiology Department   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute toxoplasmosis; Fatigue; Headache; Impaired concentration; Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYALGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84876208278     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.737017     Document Type: Article

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