"Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections of the BRAIN caused by the protozoan TOXOPLASMA gondii that primarily arise in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (see also AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS). The infection may involve the brain diffusely or form discrete abscesses. Clinical manifestations include SEIZURES, altered mentation, headache, focal neurologic deficits, and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch27, pp41-3)
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D016781
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C01.395.250.500 C01.539.830.025.160.800 C03.105.300.800 C03.752.250.800.250 C10.228.140.116.800 C10.228.228.090.800 C10.228.228.205.300.800
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral" by people in Profiles.
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Bolduc P, Roder N, Colgate E, Cheeseman SH. Care of Patients With HIV Infection: Medical Complications and Comorbidities. FP Essent. 2016 Apr; 443:16-22.
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Atreya AR, Arora S, Gadiraju VT, Martagon-Villamil J, Skiest DJ. Toxoplasma encephalitis in an HIV-infected patient on highly active antiretroviral therapy despite sustained immune response. Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Apr; 25(5):383-6.
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Gheuens S, Cheeseman SH, Koralnik IJ. Hidden in plain view: emergence of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after treatment of CNS toxoplasmosis. Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Sep; 111(3):217-9.
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Arshad S, Skiest D, Granowitz EV. Subacute onset of paralysis in a person with AIDS. AIDS Read. 2009 Jan; 19(1):32-5.
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Khan IA, Hakak R, Eberle K, Sayles P, Weiss LM, Urban JF. Coinfection with Heligmosomoides polygyrus fails to establish CD8+ T-cell immunity against Toxoplasma gondii. Infect Immun. 2008 Mar; 76(3):1305-13.
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Davaro RE, Thirumalai A. Life-threatening complications of HIV infection. J Intensive Care Med. 2007 Mar-Apr; 22(2):73-81.
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Chong-Han CH, Cortez SC, Tung GA. Diffusion-weighted MRI of cerebral toxoplasma abscess. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Dec; 181(6):1711-4.
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Licho R, Litofsky NS, Senitko M, George M. Inaccuracy of Tl-201 brain SPECT in distinguishing cerebral infections from lymphoma in patients with AIDS. Clin Nucl Med. 2002 Feb; 27(2):81-6.
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Skiest DJ, Erdman W, Chang WE, Oz OK, Ware A, Fleckenstein J. SPECT thallium-201 combined with Toxoplasma serology for the presumptive diagnosis of focal central nervous system mass lesions in patients with AIDS. J Infect. 2000 May; 40(3):274-81.