Toxoplasmic encephalitis in an HIV infected pregnant woman: successful outcome for both mother and child

Toxoplasmic encephalitis in an HIV infected pregnant woman: successful outcome for both mother and child

This report describes a case of Toxoplasma encephalitis during pregnancy of an HIV infected woman who was severely immunosuppressed (CD4: 17 cells/mm3), had a high viral load (RNA PCR:230,000 copies/ml), was treated with sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine and folinic acid for toxoplasmosis and was being tr...

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Main Authors: Susie Andries Nogueira, Ana Lúcia Guedes, Elizabeth S. Machado, Juliana A. Matos, Tomás P. Costa, Ely M. Cortes, John S. Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Toxoplasma encephalitis
pregnancy
HIV/AIDS
prevention of vertical transmission
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