Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA

Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA

Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is a mayor cause of central nervous system infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Toxoplasma antibodies were detected in 56 of 79 patients with AIDS (71%), in the present study. Fourteen out of 57 seropositive patients developed TF (25%) a...

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Main Authors: Alberto Fachado, Luis Fonte, Esteban Alberti, Pablo Hadad, Lisset Fonseca, Rodolfo Machin, Carlos Finlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
T. gondii
toxoplasmic encephalitis
AIDS
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