Bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients.
The usefulness of cell culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised hosts has not been stressed previously. We report an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient with disseminated toxoplasmosis who was diagnosed by isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in cell cultures from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
Gadea
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Cuenca
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Benito
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Pereda
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Soriano
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents