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Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient
Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), which is one of the most widespread zoonotic pathogens known today. It is a global health hazard as they infect 30-50% of the world’s human population. Acute toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic and self-limited in imm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9990707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36896370 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc4029 |
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author | Pangracio, Erika de Macedo, Viviane Alves, Priscilla Koppe |
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description | Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), which is one of the most widespread zoonotic pathogens known today. It is a global health hazard as they infect 30-50% of the world’s human population. Acute toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic and self-limited in immunocompetent people, recovering without treatment and do not require specific therapy. Therefore, rare complications are associated with infection in the individuals with normal immune systems. However, we present a rare case of an immunocompetent man with acute T. gondii infection confirmed by serology, subsequently presented with two life-threatening organ dysfunctions: severe renal and pulmonary involvement, requiring hospitalization and anti-parasitic treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-99907072023-03-08 Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient Pangracio, Erika de Macedo, Viviane Alves, Priscilla Koppe J Med Cases Case Report Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), which is one of the most widespread zoonotic pathogens known today. It is a global health hazard as they infect 30-50% of the world’s human population. Acute toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic and self-limited in immunocompetent people, recovering without treatment and do not require specific therapy. Therefore, rare complications are associated with infection in the individuals with normal immune systems. However, we present a rare case of an immunocompetent man with acute T. gondii infection confirmed by serology, subsequently presented with two life-threatening organ dysfunctions: severe renal and pulmonary involvement, requiring hospitalization and anti-parasitic treatment. Elmer Press 2023-02 2023-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9990707/ /pubmed/36896370 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc4029 Text en Copyright 2023, Pangracio et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Pangracio, Erika de Macedo, Viviane Alves, Priscilla Koppe Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title | Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title_full | Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title_short | Pulmonary and Renal Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Adult Patient |
title_sort | pulmonary and renal toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent adult patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9990707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36896370 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc4029 |
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