Toxoplasmosis presenting as brain abscesses. Diagnosis by computerized tomography and cytology of aspirated purulent material

R McLeod; P F Berry; W H Marshall Jr; S A Hunt; F W Ryning; J S Remington

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(79)90271-7

Toxoplasmosis presenting as brain abscesses. Diagnosis by computerized tomography and cytology of aspirated purulent material

Am J Med. 1979 Oct;67(4):711-4. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(79)90271-7.

Authors

R McLeod, P F Berry, W H Marshall Jr, S A Hunt, F W Ryning, J S Remington

PMID: 495641
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(79)90271-7

Abstract

A patient with brain abscesses caused by Toxoplasma gondii is described. Presence of brain abscesses was confirmed by computerized tomography, and T. gondii was identified as the etiologic agent in cytologic preparations of aspirated purulent material from one of the abscesses.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Brain Abscess / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*