Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as sepsis in two AIDS patients Toxoplasmose disseminada sepse símile em dois pacientes com AIDS

Disseminated toxoplasmosis presenting as sepsis in two AIDS patients Toxoplasmose disseminada sepse símile em dois pacientes com AIDS

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 oc...

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Main Authors: Carlos José Dornas Gonçalves Barbosa, Rodrigo Juliano Molina, Murilo Barcelos de Souza, Ana Cristina A. Silva, Adilha Rua Micheletti, Marlene Antonia dos Reis, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Mario León Silva-Vergara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
AIDS
Acute disseminated toxoplasmosis
Sepsis
Toxoplasma gondii
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