Diagnosis of Disseminated Toxoplasmosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of a Patient with AIDS

Diagnosis of Disseminated Toxoplasmosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of a Patient with AIDS

Pulmonary toxoplasmosis is a challenging diagnosis in immunosuppressed patients with nonspecific clinical picture and radiologic findings. We present a case of pneumonia due to Toxoplasma gondii diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of a patient with...

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Main Authors: Jose Miguel Dora, Guilherme Geib, Fernanda de-Paris, Alice Beatriz Machado, Tania Weber Furlanetto, Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza, Rodrigo Pires dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2009-08-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
PCR
HIV
AIDS
toxoplasmosis
disseminated toxoplasmosis
Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/6937

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