Toxoplasma Encephalitis: AIDS Defining Illness

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Toxoplasmic Encephalitis : AIDS defining illness
Published: Mar 30, 2023
Keywords:
Fever, Neurologic Deficit, Toxoplasma Gondii, Encephalitis

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Javed Ali
Resident- Department of Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
Uzma Anwar
Resident - Department of Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
Nida Wali Khan
Resident - Department of Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar
Bushra Jamil
Resident - Department of Medicine, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar
Maria Tahir
Resident - Department of Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable proportion of the world’s population, the parasite is able to disseminate within the host body and overcomes the blood brain barrier and then reside in the brain. In immunocompetent patients, infection runs without any overt clinical features however upon immunosuppression the latent tissue cyst can reactivate and it can have a deadly outcome. Here we report a case of 30-year-old male presenting in acute confusion state who was later diagnosed as Toxoplasma encephalitis.

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Ali, J., Anwar, U., Khan, N. W., Jamil, B., & Tahir, M. (2023). Toxoplasma Encephalitis: AIDS Defining Illness. THE STETHO, 4(1), 1-5. Retrieved from https://www.thestetho.com/index.php/ts/article/view/61
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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): THE STETHO VOLUME 4 (ISSUE 1)
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