Performance Testing of PCR Assay in Blood Samples for the Diagnosis of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in AIDS Patients from the French Departments of America and Genetic Diversity of Toxoplasma gondii: A Prospective and Multicentric Study.

• Prif Awduron: Daniel Ajzenberg (Awdur), Isabelle Lamaury (Awdur), Magalie Demar (Awdur), Cyrille Vautrin (Awdur), André Cabié (Awdur), Stéphane Simon (Awdur), Muriel Nicolas (Awdur), Nicole Desbois-Nogard (Awdur), Rachida Boukhari (Awdur), Homayoun Riahi (Awdur), Marie-Laure Dardé (Awdur), Patrice Massip (Awdur), Michel Dupon (Awdur), Pierre-Marie Preux (Awdur), Anaïs Labrunie (Awdur), Marie-Paule Boncoeur (Awdur)
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Toxoplasmic encephalitis in patients with AIDS is a life-threatening disease mostly due to reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii cysts in the brain. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of real-time PCR assay in peripheral blood samples for the diagnosis of toxoplasmic enceph...