Clinic in the diagnosis of neurotoxoplasmosis

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HIV/AIDS, Toxoplasma gondii, neurotoxoplasmosis

Abstract

Cerebral toxoplasmosis or neurotoxoplasmosis is one of the most common opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients. It occurs in approximately 10 % of untreated AIDS patients. The location of the infection, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, indicates severe immunodeficiency, with CD4+ T lymphocytes less than 100 cell/mm3. The objective of this work was to describe the clinical and imaging evolution of a patient with diagnosis of neurotoxoplasmosis, attended at the Military Hospital Dr. Carlos J. Finlay: 33-year-old man, with focal neurological symptoms, without vascular risk factor, with studies of suggestive imaging of intracranial expansive process. During admission, the HIV positive result is received and interpreted as a neurotoxoplasmosis. Antiparasitic treatment was used with improvement of neurological disorder and neuroimagens. In the case of a patient with HIV and focal neurological symptoms doctors should think about neurotoxoplasmosis. The response to treatment in the case studied confirmed the diagnosis.

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Published

2021-12-15

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Suárez-Rivero B, Belaunde-Clausell A, Cardoso-García D, Piloto-Cruz A. Clinic in the diagnosis of neurotoxoplasmosis. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 Mar. 14];43(6):1-9. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/3884

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