title: Bilateral acute acquired toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis after steroid therapy for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: case report.
abstract: Description of a case of acute acquired ocular toxoplasmosis following hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. A 41-year-old man presenting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, confirmed in the laboratory by detection of IgM antibodies to the virus, was submitted to high doses of intravenous corticosteroids for two months. After clinical improvement of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome the patient presented visual loss in both eyes that was secondary to a toxoplasmosis retinitis. The retinitis resolved with anti-toxoplasma therapy. Acquired toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis can occur following steroid therapy for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Catanduva, Catanduva, SP, Brasil. rubenssiqueira@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Rubens Camargo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Luiz Tadeu de Moraes
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones