[Acute spinal amyotrophy in toxoplasmosis].
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.
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Service de Neurologie, CHU de Lille.
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Godefroy
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Guieu
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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
D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Amyotrophie spinale aiguë au cours d'une toxoplasmose.