title: Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review.
abstract: Infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii is a frequent event in Portugal. When this occurs in immunocompetent individuals, it is rarely a matter of concern; the contrary occurs with immunosuppressed patients or in pregnancy. Transplant patients are treated with immunosuppressive drugs which mainly disturb their mechanisms of cellular immunity, and that opens the way to infections by opportunistic intracellular microorganisms. We recently treated a renal transplant patient who suffered from cerebral toxoplasmosis, and this provided an opportunity for a review of the other 20 patients reported in medical literature to date.
authors.affiliation: Urology and Transplant Department, Coimbra University Hospitals.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Da Cunha
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Freitas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Côrte-Real
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meliço-Silvestre
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Furtado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology