Toxoplasma serology, parasitemia and antigenemia in patients at risk for toxoplasmic encephalitis
作者:
Brian Dannemann,
Dennis Israelski,
Gifford Leoung,
Tom McGraw,
John Mills,
Jack Remington,
期刊:
AIDS
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 11
页码: 1363-1366
ISSN:0269-9370
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: Toxoplasmic encephalitis;AIDS;opportunistic infection;serology;parasitemia;antigenemia;prevalence
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
In order to further characterize the pathogenesis ofToxoplasma gondiiinfection in patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex (ARC), a cohort of HIV- and Toxoplasma-infected individuals were identified and prospectively followed. Four hundred and 10 HIV-infected individuals followed in the San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Clinic were screened for antibodies to Toxoplasma between November 1986 and November 1988. Of the 67 (16%) individuals seropositive for Toxoplasma antibodies, 33 (49%) were followed monthly for a mean duration of 7.5 months. One hundred and 11 follow-up blood samples were obtained in order to determine Toxoplasma serology and the incidence of parasitemia. In general, Toxoplasma immunoglobulin (lg) C antibodies remained stable over time. Detection of Toxoplasma antigenemia and parasitemia was uniformly negative, including those specimens obtained from two individuals within 45 days of their developing toxoplasmic encephalitis.
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