Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Toxoplasma Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Patients from Zaria, Northern Nigeria

Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Toxoplasma Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Patients from Zaria, Northern Nigeria

Toxoplasma encephalitis (TE) is the most common cause of focal deficits in patients living with HIV/AIDS. Among 257 HIV-infected adult patients seen between January 2006 and December 2010 in a tertiary hospital in Zaria, northern Nigeria, 9 (3.5%) patients had clinical, serological, and brain imagin...

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Main Authors:	Dimie Ogoina MBBS, FWACP, FMCP, Reginald O. Obiako MBBS, MSc, FMCP, FWACP, Geoffrey C. Onyemelukwe MBBS, FWACP, FMCP, Bolanle O. Musa PhD, Ahmed Umdagas Hamidu MBBS, FWACS
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:	Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957413500529

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