An Unusual Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress in a Patient with AIDS: Primary Infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Charles, Pierre‐Emmanuel; Doise, Jean Marc; Quenot, Jean‐Pierre; Aube, Hervé; Dalle, Frédéric; Bour, J. B.; Chavanet, P.; Blettery, B

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“…Whereas reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii is rare but not unexpected in AIDS patients, one AIDS patient presented with hypoxemic pneumonia due to primary infection with T. gondii [52]. Toxoplasmic pneumonitis is also a complication of bone marrow transplantation and can result in acute respiratory distress syndrome [53,54].…”

Section: Protozoamentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncommon respiratory pathogens

Lednicky

Rayner

2006

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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Section: Protozoamentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncommon respiratory pathogens

Lednicky

Rayner

2006

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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“…Because the lung involvement of parasites often occurs during reactivation, T. gondii cannot be expected in patients without evidence of past infection with this parasite. Charles et al (2003) have reported a fatal case of pneumonia revealing T. gondii primary infection. Therapeutic options include a combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine administered to prevent haematological complications, or the substitution of sulfadiazine by clindamycin.…”

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Common protozoans as an uncommon cause of respiratory ailments in HIV-associated immunodeficiency

Shankar

Vignesh

Murugavel

et al. 2009

FEMS Immunology &Amp; Medical Microbiology

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Opportunistic infections (OIs) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity among HIV-positive subjects. The breadth of reports of the rare occurrence of OIs in HIV/AIDS has been increasing over the years and more recent studies have outlined the changing trends in the emergence of newer pathogens. Recent reports of the association of certain protozoans that normally do not infect sites other than their normal sites of localization have generated huge interest among scientists. The complete depression of the immune system, followed by the onset of OIs, especially due to protozoans, i.e. toxoplasmosis, isosporiasis, leishmaniasis, cyclosporosis, microsporidiosis and cryptosporidiosis, is not uncommon in AIDS. The immunologic and pathologic basis behind the susceptibility of immunodepressed individuals to these 'non-site-specific parasites' is likely to have a huge impact on HIV disease progression. Certain possible shortcomings in the immunologic armory of immunodeficient subjects, their failure to contain the establishment of these 'uncommon' agents in the human host and their significance in HIV disease progression are discussed.

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“…The most frequent clinical symptoms are fever, cough, laboured breathing, tachypnoea and dyspnoea, with this latter, in some cases, leading to hypoxaemia with acute respiratory distress syndrome, which is one of the main causes of death among the patients [147][148][149].…”

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Protozoa in respiratory pathology: a review

Martínez‐Girón¹,

Esteban²,

Ribas³

et al. 2008

Eur Respir J

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Among the micro-organisms that may affect the respiratory apparatus are the protozoa. The diseases they may give rise to constitute a relatively uncommon group of respiratory ailments with, in the majority of cases, an underlying clinical situation corresponding to states of suppressed immunity (AIDS, transplants, malign haemopathies, corticotherapy, etc.). Other factors, such as visits to endemic areas and immigration, also have to be taken into account.In view of the probable increase in the number of cases and the appearance of new emerging diseases, it is the intention of the present work to review the publications available, in different fields of medicine, that refer to the principal kinds of protozoa (Entamoeba,

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An Unusual Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress in a Patient with AIDS: Primary Infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Cited by 6 publications

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Uncommon respiratory pathogens

Uncommon respiratory pathogens

Common protozoans as an uncommon cause of respiratory ailments in HIV-associated immunodeficiency

Protozoa in respiratory pathology: a review

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