Cardiac toxoplasmosis and pneumocystis pneumonia—A fatal coinfection

Cardiac toxoplasmosis is an uncommon disease and is usually seen in the immunocompromised states. Sudden death following cardiac toxoplasmosis has been reported. It’s association with other infections like tuberculosis, aspergillosis and cytomegalovirus has been documented. We report a fatal case of...

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Published in:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Main Authors: Gayathri P. Amonkar, Heena M. Desai, Deepa Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Subjects:
Cardiac toxoplasmosis
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Autopsy
Postmortem
Infections
Coinfection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X17300282
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Summary:Cardiac toxoplasmosis is an uncommon disease and is usually seen in the immunocompromised states. Sudden death following cardiac toxoplasmosis has been reported. It’s association with other infections like tuberculosis, aspergillosis and cytomegalovirus has been documented. We report a fatal case of sudden cardiac death following fulminant cardiac toxoplasmosis with pneumocystis pneumonia infection.
ISSN:2468-600X

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