Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as sepsis in two AIDS patients

Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as sepsis in two AIDS patients

This report describes two patients who presented acute disseminated and severe toxoplasmosis as the first opportunistic disease related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. At admission, clinical and laboratory findings were similar to sepsis or septic shock and a fast evolutive course to death occurred in both cases. At necropsy, an inflammatory reaction and presence of a great number of Toxoplasma gondii cysts and tachyzoites were observed in most organs examined.

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Main Authors: Barbosa,Carlos José Dornas Gonçalves, Molina,Rodrigo Juliano, Souza,Murilo Barcelos de, Silva,Ana Cristina A., Micheletti,Adilha Rua, Reis,Marlene Antonia dos, Teixeira,Vicente de Paula Antunes, Silva-Vergara,Mario León
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2007
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652007000200009
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