TY - JOUR
T1 - Unsuspected Toxoplasma gondii empyema in a bone marrow transplant recipient.
AU - Dawis, Maria Agnes
AU - Bottone, Edward J.
AU - Vlachos, Adrianna
AU - Burroughs, Margaret H.
PY - 2002/5/1
Y1 - 2002/5/1
N2 - Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic parasite that can cause severe disease in immunosuppressed individuals. We report a case of unsuspected T. gondii empyema in a bone marrow transplant recipient that was diagnosed by the visualization of numerous intracellular and extracellular tachyzoites in Giemsa- and Gram-stained smears. The patient was treated with pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, clindamycin, and atovaquone, and she survived 110 days after diagnosis, despite having a large parasite burden.
AB - Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic parasite that can cause severe disease in immunosuppressed individuals. We report a case of unsuspected T. gondii empyema in a bone marrow transplant recipient that was diagnosed by the visualization of numerous intracellular and extracellular tachyzoites in Giemsa- and Gram-stained smears. The patient was treated with pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, clindamycin, and atovaquone, and she survived 110 days after diagnosis, despite having a large parasite burden.
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U2 - 10.1086/339960
DO - 10.1086/339960
M3 - Article
C2 - 11941570
AN - SCOPUS:0036582252
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 34
SP - e37-39
JO - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
JF - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
IS - 9
ER -