Toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS
DM Israelski, JS Remington - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 1988 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmic encephalitis has been recognized as a major CNS complication in patients
with AIDS and is the most frequent cause of focal intracerebral lesions in these patients. This
complication of AIDS is almost always observed in patients who have a chronic (latent)
infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Therefore, patients who from the outset of their HIV
infection or AIDS are known to have antibodies to T. gondii should be considered at risk for
development of toxoplasmic encephalitis. Although serologic tests cannot distinguish active …
with AIDS and is the most frequent cause of focal intracerebral lesions in these patients. This
complication of AIDS is almost always observed in patients who have a chronic (latent)
infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Therefore, patients who from the outset of their HIV
infection or AIDS are known to have antibodies to T. gondii should be considered at risk for
development of toxoplasmic encephalitis. Although serologic tests cannot distinguish active …