A case of congenital toxoplasmosis has recently been seen in this hospital The patient, a girl aged 5 years, presented with hydrocephalus, bilateral pes cavus, and blindness. The eyes showed extensive retinochoroiditis thought to be characteristic of toxoplasmosis. Radiographs of the skull showed areas of cerebral calcification. Two years before the birth of the patient the mother had suffered ...

To determine the genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii strains associated with human toxoplasmosis, we developed a sensitive approach for typing parasites grown from clinical samples by short-term in vitro culture. A newly described nested PCR assay was capable of amplifying genomic DNA from as few as five parasites in the presence of host tissues. Typing was based on DNA polymorphisms at the SAG2 loc...

We evaluated the clinical presentation and determined the ocular and neurologic sequelae in children with congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil, taking into consideration the shortage of national publications on this disease. Follow-up evaluations were made of 43 children with congenital toxoplasmosis referred to Santa Casa de São Paulo, during a period of at least five years. Selection of the cas...

Immunocompromised patients as those with renal transplant, hematological neoplasia or cancer and HIV/AIDS infection can suffer acute reactivation of Chagas disease. Central nervous system (CNS) evolvement (cerebral tumor or chagoma and diffuse meningoencephalitis) is similar to other opportunistic infections that present with cerebral expansive processes like toxoplasmosis or CNS primary lympho...

introduction: toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan with a worldwide distribution. we reported here the cerebral toxoplasmosis in an iranian hiv-positive patient. case report: a 35-year-old woman that hospitalized at golestan province, in summer 2016 because of dizziness, fever, and headache. after treatment, she showed severe pain and then paralysis symptoms. magnetic reso...