title: Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary toxoplasmosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: In four cases of pulmonary toxoplasmosis occurring in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Toxoplasma sp. was discovered in bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid (three cases) and in lung biopsy specimen (one case) by using the following methods: direct examination of smears stained with eosine-methylene blue fast stain, indirect immunofluorescence assay, and inoculation of MRC5 fibroblast cell line in tissue culture.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Hôpital Saint-Luuis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Derouin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarfati
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beauvais
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Iliou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dehen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lariviere
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D002460:Cell Line; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan