Journal of Clinical Trials
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0870
ISSN: 2167-0870
Department of Neurology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Case Report
Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage due to Neurotoxoplasmosis as First Manifestation of HIV-AIDS
Author(s): Nadia Mariel Rivera-Larraga*, Fernando Javier Pena-Gonzalez, Adrian Arguello-Pina and Luis Angel Gonzalez-Vergara
Background: Toxoplasmosis is defined as a parasitic zoonosis caused by the intracellular protozoan T. gondii which represents a significant public health problem in immunosuppressed patients, being this the most common opportunistic neuroinfection in those with HIV/AIDS. Its distinctive clinical presentation consists of cephalea, confusion, seizures, fever, photopsies and focal neurological signs, being its diagnosis achieved through compatible radiological images, positive serology, and a favorable response to empirical treatment. Toxoplasmosis brain lesions are usually a late complication that occurs in patients with AIDS CDC stage C3; it is exceptional that these and their consequences occur as the first manifestation of HIV/AIDS, which takes on special relevance given the physical and neuropsychological sequalae that it entails, as well as the reported mo.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0870.13.1.519