Doxycycline and pyrimethamine for toxoplasmic encephalitis.
Clinical improvement is reported in a 40-year-old man with AIDS and presumed toxoplasmic encephalitis, who was treated with doxycycline, 400 mg, and pyrimethamine, 25 mg, daily. Computerised tomography (CT) scanning of the brain showed complete resolution of 2 ring-enhanced lesions within 5 weeks.
Hagberg
L
L
Department of Infectious Diseases, Ostra Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Palmertz
B
B
Lindberg
J
J
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004318:Doxycycline; D011739:Pyrimethamine