title: [Fatal cerebral toxoplasmosis in a leukemia child in remission].
abstract: We report the case of a 4 year-old boy who died from cerebral toxoplasmosis while in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The clinical picture was remarkably insidious and non specific: diagnosis is particularly difficult in immunodepressed patients. Diagnosis was made on seroconversion. No autopsy was performed. An association of sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine is often effective, but the prognosis is poor in the absence of a specific and precocious treatment.
authors.affiliation: Services de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Charles, Montpellier.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fegueux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodière
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jean
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Toxoplasmose cérébrale fatale chez un enfant leucémique en rémission.