Toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation: implications of a missed diagnosis

Authors :: C.G. ter Meulen
R. van Crevel
Willem J. G. Melchers
M.W.H. Wulf
R.P. Portier
A.J.A.M. van der Ven
Jochem M. D. Galama
Source :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 7, pp. 3544-7, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 3544-7
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: 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.

ISSN :: 00951137
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 7, pp. 3544-7, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 3544-7
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....e6bdb26bfd1e38706f92134a77844abc
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.7.3544-3547.2005