toxoplasmic

Toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

A unilateral decrease in visual acuity is the most common symptom of toxoplasmic retinitis.

Treatment of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Maintenance therapy with cotrimoxazole for toxoplasmic encephalitis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Thrice-weekly sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine for maintenance therapy of toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV-infected patients.

Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.

In-vitro production of toxoplasma-specific antibodies could improve the diagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV-1-infected patients.

Toxoplasmic encephalitis can be definitely diagnosed only by histology or by isolation of T gondii organisms from brain biopsy material.

Pyrimethamine for primary prophylaxis of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a double-blind, randomized trial.

The toxoplasmic trophozoites causing acute toxoplasmosis are referred to as Tachyzoites, and are typically found in bodily fluids.

Sometimes serologic testing is used to rule out the disease, but due to high rates of false positives, serologies are not diagnostic of toxoplasmic retinitis.

A unifocal area of acute-onset inflammation adjacent to an old chorioretinal scar is virtually pathognomonic for toxoplasmic chorioretinitis.

Low-dose trimethoprim--sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis for toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Toxoplasmic encephalitis in a child with HIV infection---United States.

Pyrimethamine-clindamycin vs. pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine as acute and long-term therapy for toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Randomized trial of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine for therapy of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Under ophthalmic examination, toxoplasmic chorioretinitis classically appears as a focal, white retinitis with overlying moderate inflammation of the vitreous humour.

In most instances, the diagnosis of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis is made clinically on the basis of the appearance of the characteristic lesion on eye examination.

Prevalence of Toxoplasma infection in a cohort of homosexual men at risk of AIDS and toxoplasmic encephalitis.

In AIDS patients with neurological abnormalities, toxoplasma-specific in-vitro antibody production could be a useful biological marker for the diagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis.

Twice-weekly pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine effectively prevents Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia relapse and toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS.

Predictive value of Toxoplasma gondii antibody titres on the occurrence of toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV-infected patients.

Randomized phase II trial of atovaquone with pyrimethamine or sulfadiazine for treatment of toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Hagberg L, Palmertz B, Lindberg J. Doxycycline and pyrimethamine for toxoplasmic encephalitis.

Dose-escalation, phase I/II study of azithromycin and pyrimethamine for the treatment of toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS.