Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review

AUTOR(ES)

Cota, Gláucia Fernandes, Assad, Elisa Caroline Pereira, Christo, Paulo Pereira, Giannetti, Alexandre Varella, Santos Filho, José Augusto Malheiros dos, Xavier, Marcelo Antonio Pascoal

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008-02

RESUMO

Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus without any focal parenchymal lesion.

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