title: [Acute spinal amyotrophy in toxoplasmosis].
abstract: A 19 year-old man developed an acute syndrome of the anterior horn of cervical spinal cord during a primo-infection with toxoplasma. The neurological syndrome was completely regressive after treatment with 1 600 mg/day of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for three months.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, CHU de Lille.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Godefroy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonte
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Guieu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
vernacular_title: Amyotrophie spinale aiguë au cours d'une toxoplasmose.