Spinal cord toxoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 277-282

  García García, Concepción ^a   Castillo Álvarez, Federico ^a   Azcona Gutiérrez, José M ^a   Herraiz, María J ^a   Ibarra, Valvanera ^a   Oteo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Myelitis; Spinal cord disease; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BASOPHIL; BONE BIOPSY; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TOXOPLASMOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STIFF NECK; THORAX PAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE RETENTION; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84983158148     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2014.993421     Document Type: Review

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