Polymerase chain reaction for Toxoplasma gondii DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with focal brain lesions.
AIDS
; 8(12): 1691-4, 1994 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-7888118
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study the accuracy of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Toxoplasma gondii DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of AIDS patients for the diagnosis of T. gondii encephalitis. PATIENTS Eighty-two AIDS patients with brain lesions. At autopsy, 19 patients (group A) had toxoplasmic encephalitis and 33 (group B) primary brain lymphoma or other infections. Brain histology was not available for 30 patients; cerebral lesions improved after anti-Toxoplasma therapy in 16 (group C), but there was no improvement in 14 patients (group D).METHODS:
T. gondii RH strain was serially diluted in microplate wells. After heat denaturation, nested PCR was performed on diluted tachyzoites and on 10 microliters CSF with primers flanking the B1 repetitive region of T. gondii genome.RESULTS:
DNA from one to five tachyzoites was detected in each experiment. PCR was positive in eight (42.1%) out of 19 group A samples, none of the group B samples, 10 (62.5%) out of 16 group C samples and none of the group D samples. Among group A and C patients, PCR was positive in all 11, and in seven out of 24 (29.1%; P < 0.04) patients who had received anti-Toxoplasma therapy for less or more than 1 week at the time of rachicentesis, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
Nested PCR for T. gondii in CSF may improve early differential diagnosis of AIDS-associated focal brain lesions. Higher diagnostic accuracy was achieved when lumbar puncture was performed in the first week of anti-Toxoplasma therapy.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Toxoplasma
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Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
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ADN Protozoario
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Toxoplasmosis Cerebral
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Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia