Seizure as Initial Presentation of HIV: A Case Report of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

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This paper reports a case of previously healthy patient who presented with generalised tonic-clonic seizure due to cerebral edema. Investigations revealed he had human Deficiency Virus (HIV) toxoplasmosis and was co-infected Hepatitis C. He immediately placed on treatment regime which, 4 weeks later, showed improvement in his clinical condition computed tomography (CT) brain imaging. then put antiretroviral therapy (ART). describes the management newly diagnosed HIV opportunistic co-infections.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Malaysian Journal of Medical Research

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2550-1607']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001