Disseminated toxoplasmosis: an atypical presentation in an immunocompetent patient.
Acute acquired toxoplasmosis is considered a self-limited mononucleosis-like disease that rarely requires treatment. We report an unusual severe case of disseminated toxoplasmosis complicated with meningitis and pneumonia in a previously 41-year-old healthy Brazilian man. Toxoplasmosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile diseases due to the non-specific clinical symptoms and the possibility of severe outcome.
Evandro Chagas Institute for Clinical Research, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21045-900, Brazil. elizabeth.neves@ipec.fiocruz.br
Elizabeth de Souza
Ede S
Neves
Andrea
A
Kropf
Wendy Fernandes
WF
Bueno
Isabel Cristina Fabregas
IC
Bonna
André Luis Land
AL
Curi
Maria Regina R
MR
Amendoeira
Octavio
O
Fernandes Filho
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan