Toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature

We, herein, describe an HIV-positive patient with toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord. We also carried out a comprehensive literature review of this topic, with emphasis on the diagnostic tools and therapeutic approach.

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Autores principales: Rodríguez, Carolina, Martínez, Ernesto, Bolívar, Guillermo, Sánchez, Sandra, Carrascal, Edwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad del Valle 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892240
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spelling pubmed-40019922014-06-02 Toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature Rodríguez, Carolina Martínez, Ernesto Bolívar, Guillermo Sánchez, Sandra Carrascal, Edwin Colomb Med (Cali) Case Report We, herein, describe an HIV-positive patient with toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord. We also carried out a comprehensive literature review of this topic, with emphasis on the diagnostic tools and therapeutic approach. Universidad del Valle 2013-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4001992/ /pubmed/24892240 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Universidad del Valle. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bolívar, Guillermo
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Toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature
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title_full_unstemmed Toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature
title_short Toxoplasmosis of the spinal cord in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892240
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