Necrotizing pancreatitis and multisystem organ failure associated with toxoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS.
Clin Infect Dis
; 16(3): 432-4, 1993 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8452954
ABSTRACT
Extraneural manifestations of toxoplasmosis often are not recognized antemortem in patients with AIDS. We describe a patient who was seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus and presented with lethargy, abdominal tenderness, rapidly progressive ventilatory failure, rhabdomyolysis, myoglobinuria, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Although the diagnosis of pancreatitis was not considered while the patient was alive, an autopsy demonstrated pancreatic necrosis associated with toxoplasmal cysts. No other infection was evident. This case suggests that Toxoplasma gondii can cause severe pancreatitis in patients with AIDS.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pancreatite
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Toxoplasmose
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Insuficiência de Múltiplos Órgãos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article