Disseminated toxoplasmosis: an atypical presentation in an immunocompetent patient

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 inc...

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Published in:Tropical doctor 2011-01, Vol.41 (1), p.59-60
Main Authors: Neves, Elizabeth de Souza, Kropf, Andrea, Bueno, Wendy Fernandes, Bonna, Isabel Cristina Fabregas, Curi, André Luis Land, Amendoeira, Maria Regina R, Filho, Octavio Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Differential diagnosis
Fever - diagnosis
General aspects
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Immunocompetence
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis
Meningitis - diagnosis
Meningitis - parasitology
Parasitic diseases
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - diagnosis
Pneumonia - parasitology
Protozoal diseases
Toxoplasma - immunology
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis - complications
Toxoplasmosis - diagnosis
Toxoplasmosis - parasitology
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Summary: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 ferbrile diseases due to the non-specific clinical symptoms and the possibility of severe outcome.
ISSN:0049-4755
1758-1133
DOI:10.1258/td.2010.100228