Delayed Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in a Kidney Transplant Patient: a Case Report

Autor:	Hosung Myeong, Moowan Park, Ji Eun Kim, Sun Won Park, Sang Hyung Lee
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Infectious Diseases Parasitology
Zdroj:	The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 60:35-38
ISSN:	1738-0006 0023-4001
Popis:	Cerebral toxoplasmosis is often life-threatening in an immunocompromised patient due to delayed diagnosis and treatment. Several differential diagnoses could be possible only with preoperative brain images of cerebral toxoplasmosis which show multiple rim-enhancing lesions. Due to the rarity of cerebral toxoplasmosis cases in Korea, the diagnosis and treatment are often delayed. This paper concerns a male patient whose cerebral toxoplasmosis was activated 21 years post kidney transplantation. Brain open biopsy was decided to make an exact diagnosis. Cerebral toxoplasmosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and PCR analyses of the tissue samples. Although cerebral toxoplasmosis was under control with medication, the patient did not recover clinically and died due to sepsis and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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