[Oneiroid and oneiric states in cerebral toxoplasmosis]

The report deals with 34 cases of toxoplasmotic psychoses proceeding with oneiroid (32 patients) and oniric (2 patients) syndromes. The authors distinguish 3 types of oneiroid states differing in the depth of clouded consciousness: 1) oneiroid states, the main content of which consisted of illusional and delusional experiences; 2) oneiroid states with prevalent dream-like imaginations; 3) oneiroid states developing with syndromes of substupor or catatonia excitation where due to a deep change of consciousness there were signs of resignation from the environment, dream-like and fantasticalhallucinatory components with a more vivid colouring. The clinico-laboratorial and somato-neurological correlations indicated that oneiroid conditions in cerebral toxoplasmoids develop in an exacerbation of the general toxoplasmotic process.