CNS toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual

Toxoplasmosis is a serious and life-threatening disease in humans with a high prevalence in immunocompromised persons. The disease has a wide spectrum, depending on the immune status of the person. A CNS manifestation of toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent person is very rare and often undetected. O...

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Autores principales: Ramachandran, Rajoo, Radhan, Prabhu, Anand, Rajamani, Subramanian, Ilanchezhian, Santosham, Roy, Sai, Venakata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141248
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i1.908
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Sumario:Toxoplasmosis is a serious and life-threatening disease in humans with a high prevalence in immunocompromised persons. The disease has a wide spectrum, depending on the immune status of the person. A CNS manifestation of toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent person is very rare and often undetected. Our case of CNS toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent person emphasizes the radiological diagnosis, which was further confirmed by advanced microbiology technique.

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