Severe disseminated acute toxoplasmosis in an adult immunocompetent patient from the Colombian Pacific

We present the case of a 72-year-old immunocompetent patient from Chocó, Colombia, with a 12-day course of fever, headache, progressive neurological deterioration, and rapid evolution to multiorgan failure and death. In the histopathological study of tissues obtained at necropsy, tissue cysts morpho...

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Published in:Biomédica
Main Authors: Armando Daniel Cortés, Natalia Aguirre
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018
Subjects:
Toxoplasma
toxoplasmosis
miocarditis
Colombia
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Pacific
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.4087
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4f99b2623ba04015ab01b28c2da67adf 2023-05-15T14:57:32+02:00 Severe disseminated acute toxoplasmosis in an adult immunocompetent patient from the Colombian Pacific Armando Daniel Cortés Natalia Aguirre 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.4087 https://doaj.org/article/4f99b2623ba04015ab01b28c2da67adf EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/4087 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.4087 https://doaj.org/article/4f99b2623ba04015ab01b28c2da67adf Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 38, Iss 0, Pp 19-23 (2018) Toxoplasma toxoplasmosis miocarditis Colombia Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.4087 2022-12-31T02:07:05Z We present the case of a 72-year-old immunocompetent patient from Chocó, Colombia, with a 12-day course of fever, headache, progressive neurological deterioration, and rapid evolution to multiorgan failure and death. In the histopathological study of tissues obtained at necropsy, tissue cysts morphologically suggestive of being bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii were identified and confirmed by immunohistochemistry in heart, brain, and striated muscle. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Pacific Biomédica 38 19 23
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Spanish
topic Toxoplasma
toxoplasmosis
miocarditis
Colombia
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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toxoplasmosis
miocarditis
Colombia
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Armando Daniel Cortés
Natalia Aguirre
Severe disseminated acute toxoplasmosis in an adult immunocompetent patient from the Colombian Pacific
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toxoplasmosis
miocarditis
Colombia
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description We present the case of a 72-year-old immunocompetent patient from Chocó, Colombia, with a 12-day course of fever, headache, progressive neurological deterioration, and rapid evolution to multiorgan failure and death. In the histopathological study of tissues obtained at necropsy, tissue cysts morphologically suggestive of being bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii were identified and confirmed by immunohistochemistry in heart, brain, and striated muscle.
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title Severe disseminated acute toxoplasmosis in an adult immunocompetent patient from the Colombian Pacific
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title_full Severe disseminated acute toxoplasmosis in an adult immunocompetent patient from the Colombian Pacific
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