Diagnostic open brain biopsy following initial negative results of cerebrospinal fluid assessment for Toxoplasma

Transpl Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;19(2). doi: 10.1111/tid.12666. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

Affiliations

¹ Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 28100042
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12666

No abstract available

Keywords: Toxoplasma; encephalitis; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis / methods
Biopsy
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology*
Brain / surgery
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Fever / etiology
Headache / etiology
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Myeloablative Agonists / therapeutic use
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / cerebrospinal fluid*
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / drug therapy
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / microbiology
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / pathology*
Transplantation Conditioning / adverse effects*
Transplantation Conditioning / methods
Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
Vomiting / etiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Cyclophosphamide