Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review

Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review

Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, pre...

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Main Authors: Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Elisa Caroline Pereira Assad, Paulo Pereira Christo, Alexandre Varella Giannetti, José Augusto Malheiros dos Santos Filho, Marcelo Antonio Pascoal Xavier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cerebral toxoplasmosis
ventriculitis
hydrocephalus
AIDS
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