Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA

Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is a mayor cause of central nervous system infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Toxoplasma antibodies were detected in 56 of 79 patients with AIDS (71%), in the present study. Fourteen out of 57 seropositive patients developed TF (25%) a...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Alberto Fachado, Luis Fonte, Esteban Alberti, Pablo Hadad, Lisset Fonseca, Rodolfo Machin, Carlos Finlay
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description Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is a mayor cause of central nervous system infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Toxoplasma antibodies were detected in 56 of 79 patients with AIDS (71%), in the present study. Fourteen out of 57 seropositive patients developed TF (25%) and had Toxoplasma gondii antigen detected in their urine. For this, most of them received an effective therapy, with the subsequent disappearance of the symptoms and discontinuity of excretion of the T. gondii antigens. Our results suggest that the monitoring of T. gondii antigen in the urine of AIDS patients may be useful to decide on the proper time for therapy, as well as to avoid the beginning of neurologic signs in these patients. La Encefalitis Toxoplásmica (ET) es la más importante complicación infecciosa del Sistema Nervioso Central en pacientes de SIDA. Anticuerpos anti-Toxoplasma gondii fueron detectados en 57 de 79 pacientes de SIDA (71%). De estos seropositivos, desarrollaron la enfermedad (ET) 14 (25%), en los que coincidentemente se detectó la presencia de antígeno del parásito en orina y por tanto fueron objeto de una terapia efectiva, con la subsecuente desaparición de los sintomas y de los antígenos excretados. Por los resultados del presente trabajo, consideramos lo útil de monitorear en estos pacientes la presencia de antígenos de T. gondii con el objetivo de aplicar oportunamente métodos quimoprofilácticos que eviten el surgimiento de manifestaciones neurológicas en estos pacientes.
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:22b1bc9ab1d24f06b91d612020cc284b 2025-01-16T20:43:47+00:00 Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA Alberto Fachado Luis Fonte Esteban Alberti Pablo Hadad Lisset Fonseca Rodolfo Machin Carlos Finlay 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600009 https://doaj.org/article/22b1bc9ab1d24f06b91d612020cc284b EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651994000600009 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651994000600009 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/22b1bc9ab1d24f06b91d612020cc284b Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 36, Iss 6, Pp 525-529 (1994) T. gondii toxoplasmic encephalitis AIDS Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1994 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600009 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is a mayor cause of central nervous system infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Toxoplasma antibodies were detected in 56 of 79 patients with AIDS (71%), in the present study. Fourteen out of 57 seropositive patients developed TF (25%) and had Toxoplasma gondii antigen detected in their urine. For this, most of them received an effective therapy, with the subsequent disappearance of the symptoms and discontinuity of excretion of the T. gondii antigens. Our results suggest that the monitoring of T. gondii antigen in the urine of AIDS patients may be useful to decide on the proper time for therapy, as well as to avoid the beginning of neurologic signs in these patients. La Encefalitis Toxoplásmica (ET) es la más importante complicación infecciosa del Sistema Nervioso Central en pacientes de SIDA. Anticuerpos anti-Toxoplasma gondii fueron detectados en 57 de 79 pacientes de SIDA (71%). De estos seropositivos, desarrollaron la enfermedad (ET) 14 (25%), en los que coincidentemente se detectó la presencia de antígeno del parásito en orina y por tanto fueron objeto de una terapia efectiva, con la subsecuente desaparición de los sintomas y de los antígenos excretados. Por los resultados del presente trabajo, consideramos lo útil de monitorear en estos pacientes la presencia de antígenos de T. gondii con el objetivo de aplicar oportunamente métodos quimoprofilácticos que eviten el surgimiento de manifestaciones neurológicas en estos pacientes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Sida ENVELOPE(101.683,101.683,67.800,67.800) Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 36 6 525 529
spellingShingle T. gondii
toxoplasmic encephalitis
AIDS
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Alberto Fachado
Luis Fonte
Esteban Alberti
Pablo Hadad
Lisset Fonseca
Rodolfo Machin
Carlos Finlay
Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title_full Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title_fullStr Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title_full_unstemmed Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title_short Usefulness of the detection of Toxoplasma gondii antigens in AIDS patients Utilidad de la detección de antígenos de Toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con SIDA
title_sort usefulness of the detection of toxoplasma gondii antigens in aids patients utilidad de la detección de antígenos de toxoplasma gondii en pacientes con sida
topic T. gondii
toxoplasmic encephalitis
AIDS
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
topic_facet T. gondii
toxoplasmic encephalitis
AIDS
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
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