Unexpected diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis by 16S and D2 large-subunit ribosomal DNA PCR and sequencing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1983-1985

  Kruse, Alexandra Y C ^a   Kvich, Lasse ^b   Eickhardt, Steffen ^b   Omland, Lars H ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a,b   Moser, Claus ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D2 LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; DNA 16S; ETIRACETAM; MEROPENEM; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFADIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVULSION; DNA SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAVEL; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84929359106     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03404-14     Document Type: Article

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