Toxoplasma gondii pneumonia in immunocompetent subjects: case report and review.
Pulmonary toxoplasmosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we describe a 41-year-old previously healthy male patient who presented to the emergency department of a hospital with a life-threatening case of pneumonia due to Toxoplasma gondii infection, which responded to specific therapy. Clinical and image-based findings overlap with those for atypical pneumonias, and toxoplasmosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis--especially if immunoglobulin M-specific antibodies are detected.
Leal
Fabio Eudes
FE
Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Cavazzana
Cinthya Luzia
CL
de Andrade
Heitor Franco
HF
Galisteo
Andrés  Jimenez
A
de Mendonça
João Silva
JS
Kallas
Esper Georges
EG
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016638:Critical Illness; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents