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

• 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: T. gondii; toxoplasmic encephalitis; AIDS; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sida
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600009; https://doaj.org/article/22b1bc9ab1d24f06b91d612020cc284b

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...