Toxoplasmosis: management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on toxoplasmosis: management: Parasite identification Serology Culture Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Computed tomography (CT) scan Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): features Radiological differentials: cerebral lymphoma Radiological differentials: others…

Parasite identification

  • Serology
  • Culture
  • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Computed tomography (CT) scan

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): features

Radiological differentials: cerebral lymphoma

Radiological differentials: others

Prevention

Drug treatments

Drug prophylaxis in immunosuppressed people

References

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  3. Saadatnia G, Golkar M. A review on human toxoplasmosis. Scand J Infect Dis 2012; 44:805-814. 
  4. Ramachandran R, Radhan P, Anand R, Subramanian I, Santosham R, Sai V. CNS toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual. Radiol Case Rep 2015; 9:e00031.
  5. Kumar GG, Mahadevan A, Guruprasad AS, et al. Eccentric target sign in cerebral toxoplasmosis: neuropathological correlate to the imaging feature. J Magn Reson Imaging 2010; 31:1469-1472. 
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