Bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients

I Gadea; M Cuenca; N Benito; J M Pereda; F Soriano

doi:10.1016/0732-8893(95)00142-8

Bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Aug;22(4):339-41. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00142-8.

Authors

I Gadea¹, M Cuenca, N Benito, J M Pereda, F Soriano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 8582140
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00142-8

Abstract

The usefulness of cell culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised hosts has not been stressed previously. We report an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient with disseminated toxoplasmosis who was diagnosed by isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in cell cultures from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Adult
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Toxoplasma / drug effects
Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / diagnosis*
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / drug therapy

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents