Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review

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Autor(a) principal: Cota,Gláucia Fernandes
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Assad,Elisa Caroline Pereira, Christo,Paulo Pereira, Giannetti,Alexandre Varella, Santos Filho,José Augusto Malheiros dos, Xavier,Marcelo Antonio Pascoal
Tipo de documento: Relatório
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000100022
Resumo: Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus without any focal parenchymal lesion.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
title Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
spellingShingle Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
Cota,Gláucia Fernandes
Cerebral toxoplasmosis
ventriculitis
hydrocephalus
AIDS
title_short Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
title_full Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
title_fullStr Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
title_sort Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
author Cota,Gláucia Fernandes
author_facet Cota,Gláucia Fernandes
Assad,Elisa Caroline Pereira
Christo,Paulo Pereira
Giannetti,Alexandre Varella
Santos Filho,José Augusto Malheiros dos
Xavier,Marcelo Antonio Pascoal
author_role author
author2 Assad,Elisa Caroline Pereira
Christo,Paulo Pereira
Giannetti,Alexandre Varella
Santos Filho,José Augusto Malheiros dos
Xavier,Marcelo Antonio Pascoal
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cota,Gláucia Fernandes
Assad,Elisa Caroline Pereira
Christo,Paulo Pereira
Giannetti,Alexandre Varella
Santos Filho,José Augusto Malheiros dos
Xavier,Marcelo Antonio Pascoal
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cerebral toxoplasmosis
ventriculitis
hydrocephalus
AIDS
topic Cerebral toxoplasmosis
ventriculitis
hydrocephalus
AIDS
description Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus without any focal parenchymal lesion.
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