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DISSEMINATED TOXOPLASMOSIS: AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Neves, Elizabeth de Souza et al. | Date Issued: 2011
Author
Neves, Elizabeth de Souza
Kropf, Andrea
Bueno, Wendy Fernandes
Bonna, Isabel Cristina Fabregas
Curi, André Luis Land
Amendoeira, Maria Regina R.
Fernandes Filho, Octavio
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Hospital Evangélico. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Acute acquired toxoplasmosis is considered a self-limited mononucleosis-like disease that rarely requires treatment. We report an unusual severe case of disseminated toxoplasmosis complicated with meningitis and pneumonia in a previously 41-year-old healthy Brazilian man. Toxoplasmosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile diseases due to the non-specific clinical symptoms and the possibility of severe outcome.
Keywords
Toxoplasmosis
Immunocompetent patient
 
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
NEVES, Elizabeth de Souza et al. Disseminated toxoplasmosis: an atypical presentation in an immunocompetent patient. Tropical Doctor, v. 41, p. 59-60, Jan. 2011.
DOI
10.1258/td.2010.100228
ISSN
0049-4755