Cerebral toxoplasmosis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the neurological emergency department of a tertiary hospital

Cerebral toxoplasmosis is one of the most common causes of central nervous system (CNS) infection and a frequent cause of space occupying brain lesion in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Brazil; it is typically the result of reactivation of chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection due to changes in cellular immunity [1,2]. Cerebral toxoplasmosis is currently the third-most prevalent AIDS-defining illness in Brazil, after tuberculosis and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia [2].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - August 15, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Gabriela Brito de Oliveira, Maria Almerice Lopes da Silva, Leandro Batista Wanderley, Carolina da Cunha Correia, Eduardo Caetano Brand ão Ferreira, Zulma Maria de Medeiros, José Luiz Lima Filho, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo, Alfr Source Type: research