Cerebral toxoplasmosis mimicking stroke in a woman living with undiagnosed HIV

• Main Authors: Yulai Kang (Author), Xinqin Zhang (Author), Lei Zhang (Author), Mei Huang (Author), Chunhua Tang (Author), Lili Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic pathogen that can intrude into the blood-brain barrier and reside in the brain only with low inflammatory reaction. When infected with HIV, the immune system becomes severely compromised and leads to the reactivation of latent toxoplasmosis infection, which can...