Toxoplasma Encephalitis in Atypical Hosts at an Academic Cancer Center

Toxoplasma encephalitis is a well recognized complication of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, solid organ transplantation, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, patients with hematologic malignancies not treated with allogeneic HSCT may also develop this conditi...

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Autores principales: Morjaria, Sejal, Epstein, David J., Romero, Fabian A., Taur, Ying, Seo, Susan K., Papanicolaou, Genovefa A., Hatzoglou, Vaios, Rosenblum, Marc, Perales, Miguel-Angel, Scordo, Michael, Kaltsas, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4834739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27096140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw070
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Sumario:Toxoplasma encephalitis is a well recognized complication of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, solid organ transplantation, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, patients with hematologic malignancies not treated with allogeneic HSCT may also develop this condition, which requires high clinical suspicion and consideration for prophylactic therapy.

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