Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review.
Infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii is a frequent event in Portugal. When this occurs in immunocompetent individuals, it is rarely a matter of concern; the contrary occurs with immunosuppressed patients or in pregnancy. Transplant patients are treated with immunosuppressive drugs which mainly dist...
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Ordem dos Médicos
1994-12-01
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| author | Saraiva Da Cunha Eugénia Ferreira Isabel Ramos Raúl Martins Luís De Freitas J. Luís Borges R. Côrte-Real A. Mota A. Meliço-Silvestre A. Linhares Furtado |
| author_facet | Saraiva Da Cunha Eugénia Ferreira Isabel Ramos Raúl Martins Luís De Freitas J. Luís Borges R. Côrte-Real A. Mota A. Meliço-Silvestre A. Linhares Furtado |
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| description | Infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii is a frequent event in Portugal. When this occurs in immunocompetent individuals, it is rarely a matter of concern; the contrary occurs with immunosuppressed patients or in pregnancy. Transplant patients are treated with immunosuppressive drugs which mainly disturb their mechanisms of cellular immunity, and that opens the way to infections by opportunistic intracellular microorganisms. We recently treated a renal transplant patient who suffered from cerebral toxoplasmosis, and this provided an opportunity for a review of the other 20 patients reported in medical literature to date. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52be06e1cd44428c8394bad1c363d45f2022-12-22T03:30:29ZengOrdem dos MédicosActa Médica Portuguesa0870-399X1646-07581994-12-01710.20344/amp.3026Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review.Saraiva Da Cunha0Eugénia FerreiraIsabel RamosRaúl MartinsLuís De FreitasJ. Luís BorgesR. Côrte-RealA. MotaA. Meliço-SilvestreA. Linhares FurtadoInfectious Diseases Clinic, Coimbra University Hospital.Infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii is a frequent event in Portugal. When this occurs in immunocompetent individuals, it is rarely a matter of concern; the contrary occurs with immunosuppressed patients or in pregnancy. Transplant patients are treated with immunosuppressive drugs which mainly disturb their mechanisms of cellular immunity, and that opens the way to infections by opportunistic intracellular microorganisms. We recently treated a renal transplant patient who suffered from cerebral toxoplasmosis, and this provided an opportunity for a review of the other 20 patients reported in medical literature to date.https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3026 |
| spellingShingle | Saraiva Da Cunha Eugénia Ferreira Isabel Ramos Raúl Martins Luís De Freitas J. Luís Borges R. Côrte-Real A. Mota A. Meliço-Silvestre A. Linhares Furtado Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| title | Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. |
| title_full | Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. |
| title_fullStr | Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. |
| title_short | Cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation. Case report and review. |
| title_sort | cerebral toxoplasmosis after renal transplantation case report and review |
| url | https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/3026 |
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