Detection and treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis in an aplastic pediatric post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant patient: a case report

Abstract Background Cerebral toxoplasmosis infection presents with non-specific neurologic symptoms in immunocompromised patients. With lack of measurable adaptive immune responses and reluctance to sample affected brain tissue, expedient diagnosis to guide directed treatment is often delayed. Case...

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Main Authors: Danielle Brewer, Margaret L. MacMillan, Mark R. Schleiss, Satja Issaranggoon Na Ayuthaya, Jo-Anne Young, Christen L. Ebens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06650-2