Toxoplasma colitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
In patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), toxoplasmosis almost exclusively involves the central nervous system (CNS), and extra-CNS organ infection is rare. We report a case of Toxoplasma gondii colitis in a patient with AIDS characterized by the following: 1) onset of diarrhea was simultaneous with disseminated toxoplasmosis; 2) T. gondii was found in colonic biopsies, whereas other infectious causes of diarrhea had been ruled out; 3) diarrhea was cured by anti-Toxoplasma therapy.
Pauwels
A
A
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
Meyohas
M C
MC
Eliaszewicz
M
M
Legendre
C
C
Mougeot
G
G
Frottier
J
J
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology