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Published on: December 9, 2014
Severe Toxoplasmic Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Aynur Atılla1, Saliha Aydin, Ayşe Nurten Demırdöven
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital.
Abstract:
Acute Toxoplasma gondii infection causes different clinical courses in 10-20% of cases. In immunocompetent patients, toxoplasmosis most often presents as asymptomatic cervical lymphadenopathy. Clinical manifestations such as pneumonia, myocarditis, hepatitis, and encephalitis are rarely reported. We present the case of an immunocompetent patient with a serious and complicated clinical course of toxoplasmic hepatitis with a maculopapular rash. The diagnosis was confirmed by serology and identification of bradyzoites in liver biopsy samples.
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