PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bergin, C
AU  - Murphy, M
AU  - Lyons, D
AU  - Gaffney, E
AU  - Mulcahy, FM
TI  - Toxoplasma pneumonitis: fatal presentation of disseminated toxoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS
DP  - 1992 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1018--1020
VI  - 5
IP  - 8
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/5/8/1018.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/5/8/1018.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1992 Sep 01; 5
AB  - Toxoplasma gondii infection is an uncommon cause of pneumonitis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of fatal pulmonary toxoplasmosis, which clinically resembled Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Conventional diagnostic methods for toxoplasmosis lack sensitivity. Bronchoscopy and histological evaluation of transbronchial biopsy specimens failed to identify the infecting organism. At autopsy there was evidence of disseminated infection.