Ockham's razor is not so sharp

A 39-year-old male with newly diagnosed HIV had cavitary pneumonia initially attributed to Pneumocystis jirovecii but actually caused by Rhodococcus equi. After neurological deterioration, he was found to have intracerebral lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This case underscores the inability to...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Mark A., Agusala, Kartik, Raizen, Yuval
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.e10
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description A 39-year-old male with newly diagnosed HIV had cavitary pneumonia initially attributed to Pneumocystis jirovecii but actually caused by Rhodococcus equi. After neurological deterioration, he was found to have intracerebral lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This case underscores the inability to rely on the search for a unifying diagnosis (Ockham's Razor) in HIV-infected patients.
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spelling pubmed-38925852014-01-27 Ockham's razor is not so sharp Lewis, Mark A. Agusala, Kartik Raizen, Yuval Infect Dis Rep Article A 39-year-old male with newly diagnosed HIV had cavitary pneumonia initially attributed to Pneumocystis jirovecii but actually caused by Rhodococcus equi. After neurological deterioration, he was found to have intracerebral lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This case underscores the inability to rely on the search for a unifying diagnosis (Ockham's Razor) in HIV-infected patients. PAGEPress Publications 2010-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3892585/ /pubmed/24470890 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2010.e10 Text en ©Copyright M.A. Lewis et al., 2010 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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