Severe toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent hosts: Be aware of atypical strains

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1143-1145

  Sobanski, Vincent ^a,b   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^c,d   Delhaes, Laurence ^b   Bautin, Nathalie ^a   Just, Nicolas ^a,e  

^a Victor Provo Medical Centre   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e INSERM U1019   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; OSELTAMIVIR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONONUCLEOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHT SWEAT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMETHAMINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEATING; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84877904152     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201209-1635LE     Document Type: Letter

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