Cerebral toxoplasmosis after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Agnieszka Zaucha-Prażmo 1, Marzena Samardakiewicz 1, Joanna Dubelt 2, Jerzy R Kowalczyk 1
1 - Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
2 - Department of Paediatric Neurology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
Ann Agric Environ Med

ICID: 1232086
Article type: Original article
 
 
 Toxoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The infection is severe and difficult to diagnose in patients receiving allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). It frequently involves the central nervous system. The case is presented of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a 17-year-old youth with Fanconi anaemia treated with haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1232086    
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