Toxoplasma gondii myelitis in a patient with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma.
Adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) caused by HTLV-I may be associated with severe immunosupression and several opportunistic infections. Toxoplasmic encephalitis is a common central nervous system opportunistic infection in severely immunosupressed patients, however spinal cord involvement by this parasite is rare. In this paper, we report a case of toxoplasmic myelitis in a patient with ATL.
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Divisão de Neuroinfectologia, Departamento de Neuropsiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.
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Queiroz
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D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009187:Myelitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology