[Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a patient with HIV infection].
The authors describe a case of toxoplasmosis occurring in a subject who is HIV positive who presented with a cough and an infectious syndrome. Toxoplasma gondii was identified in the broncho-alveolar lavage even though the X-ray, the fibroscopy, blood gases and the broncho-alveolar lavage were normal. The frequency of pulmonary disease in the course of a toxoplasma infection in HIV subjects was underlined. Amongst the non invasive diagnostic methods the authors stress the value of broncho-alveolar lavage with a close search for toxoplasma even in the absence of any suggestive paraclinical anomalies.
Chouaid
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Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
Poirot
J L
JL
Wdowik
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Housset
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Lebeau
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B
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology
Toxoplasmose disséminée chez un sujet infecté par le VIH.