Toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation: implications of a missed diagnosis.
We describe a renal transplant patient with a primary Toxoplasma gondii infection presenting as pneumonitis, with subsequent chorioretinitis and encephalitis. The diagnostic challenges of T. gondii infection in immunocompromised patients are discussed.
Wulf
M W H
MW
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. m.wulf@mmb.umcn.nl
van Crevel
R
R
Portier
R
R
Ter Meulen
C G
CG
Melchers
W J G
WJ
van der Ven
A
A
Galama
J M D
JM
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan