Abstract

SANCHEZ, CAROLINA; YURGAKY, JAMES M.  and  RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO. PULMONARY TOXOPLASMOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. rev.fac.med [online]. 2009, vol.17, n.2, pp.268-273. ISSN 0121-5256.

This work describes the case of a 26 years old adult, previously healthy, referred to the Hospital Militar Central with a clinical picture of an acute febrile syndrome and generalized adenomegaly, who was diagnosed with a Toxoplasma gondii infection by the detection of specific immunoglobulins, with evidence of pulmonary and lymph node compromise, which resolved with medical treatment with trimetropin sulfametoxazol.

Keywords : toxoplasmosis; immunocompetence.

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