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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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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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author | Philip-Ephraim, Ekanem E. Charidimou, Andreas Williams, Effiong Kajogbola, Gbenga |
author_facet | Philip-Ephraim, Ekanem E. Charidimou, Andreas Williams, Effiong Kajogbola, Gbenga |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-43958262015-05-08 Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases Philip-Ephraim, Ekanem E. Charidimou, Andreas Williams, Effiong Kajogbola, Gbenga Cerebrovasc Dis Extra Stroke Note 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. S. Karger AG 2015-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4395826/ /pubmed/25960735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000375180 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions. |
spellingShingle | Stroke Note Philip-Ephraim, Ekanem E. Charidimou, Andreas Williams, Effiong Kajogbola, Gbenga Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title | Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title_full | Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title_fullStr | Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title_short | Stroke-Like Presentation of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis: Two HIV-Infected Cases |
title_sort | stroke-like presentation of cerebral toxoplasmosis: two hiv-infected cases |
topic | Stroke Note |
url | 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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