title: [Azithromycin combined with pyrimethamine in the treatment of neurotoxoplasmosis, in an AIDS patient].
abstract: We report one case of successful treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with azithromycin combined with pyrimethamine. Toxoplasmic encephalitis had been diagnosed on the basis of multiple lesions exhibiting ring like contrast enhancement on double contrast Computed Tomographic (CT) scan of the brain. Thereby our patient had been treated with pyrimethamine 25 mg/die, after an attack dose of 100 mg in the first day, and clindamycin 2400 mg/die, because of sulfa-drug allergy, but clindamycin had to be discontinued because of rash development. At this point azithromycin, at a dose of 1000 mg/die for 21 days and 1500 mg a week for the following 50 days of follow-up, was added to pyrimethamine. Follow-up CT scan after 20 days of treatment (10 with clindamycin+pyrimethamine and 10 with azithromycin+pyrimethamine) revealed partial resolution of the brain lesions and subsequently (after 50 and 80 days of treatment) complete resolution.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera, Careggi, Firenze.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sterrantino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dionisio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leoncini
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D017963:Azithromycin; D011739:Pyrimethamine
vernacular_title: Azitromicina in associazione a pirimetamina nel trattamento della neurotoxoplasmosi, in un paziente con AIDS.