Unsuspected Toxoplasma gondii empyema in a bone marrow transplant recipient.

Maria Agnes Dawis; Edward J. Bottone; Adrianna Vlachos; Margaret H. Burroughs

doi:10.1086/339960

Unsuspected Toxoplasma gondii empyema in a bone marrow transplant recipient.

Maria Agnes Dawis
, Edward J. Bottone
, Adrianna Vlachos
, Margaret H. Burroughs

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e37-39
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	34
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/339960
State	Published - May 1 2002
Externally published	Yes

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