Toxoplasma Encephalitis in Atypical Hosts at an Academic Cancer Center
Author(s) -
Sejal Morjaria,
David J. Epstein,
Fabián Andrés Rosas Romero,
Ying Taur,
Susan K. Seo,
Genovefa A. Papanicolaou,
Vaios Hatzoglou,
Marc K. Rosenblum,
MiguelAngel Perales,
Michael Scordo,
Anna Kaltsas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw070
Subject(s) - medicine , center (category theory) , cancer , encephalitis , pathogenic organism , virology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , crystallography
Toxoplasma encephalitis is a well recognized complication of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, solid organ transplantation, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, patients with hematologic malignancies not treated with allogeneic HSCT may also develop this condition, which requires high clinical suspicion and consideration for prophylactic therapy.
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