RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Toxoplasma pneumonitis: fatal presentation of disseminated toxoplasmosis in a patient with AIDS
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1018
OP 1020
DO 10.1183/09031936.93.05081018
VO 5
IS 8
A1 C Bergin
A1 M Murphy
A1 D Lyons
A1 E Gaffney
A1 FM Mulcahy
YR 1992
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/5/8/1018.abstract
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.