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Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases

Toxoplasmosis is the most common opportunistic infection of the central nervous system in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Clinical presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis in these patients includes headache, focal neurological deficits and seizures. Prompt diagnosis and appro...

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Autores principales: Philip-Ephraim, Ekanem E., Charidimou, Andreas, Williams, Effiong, Kajogbola, Gbenga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25960735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000375180
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Sumario:Toxoplasmosis is the most common opportunistic infection of the central nervous system in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Clinical presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis in these patients includes headache, focal neurological deficits and seizures. Prompt diagnosis and appropriate therapy results in rapid clinical and radiological improvement as well as good outcome for patients. In this article, we report two cases with stroke-like presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis in the setting of HIV infection.