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Severe Toxoplasma gondii I/III recombinant-genotype encephalitis in a human immunodeficiency virus patient.

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The reactivation of an uncommon type I/III recombinant-genotype Toxoplasma gondii strain resulted in unusually severe encephalitis and chorioretinitis associated with a cerebral salt wasting syndrome in an African human immunodeficiency virus patient. This observation suggests an influence of the parasite genotype on disease expression in immunocompromised patients.

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hal-00348047 , version 1 (17-12-2008)

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Séverine Genot, Jacqueline Franck, Jean-Marie Forel, Stanislas Rebaudet, Daniel Ajzenberg, et al.. Severe Toxoplasma gondii I/III recombinant-genotype encephalitis in a human immunodeficiency virus patient.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2007, 45 (9), pp.3138-40. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00021-07⟩. ⟨hal-00348047⟩
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