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... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Coccidiosis > Toxoplasmosis > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections > Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Infections > Suppuration > Abscess > Brain Abscess > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Suppuration > Abscess > Brain Abscess > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Abscess > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Brain Abscess > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Brain Abscess > Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral

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Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral  

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  • Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

Note

  • coord IM with specific brain disease (IM) or specific site (IM) if pertinent; congenital: coord IM with TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL (IM)

Scope note

  • Infections of the BRAIN caused by the protozoan TOXOPLASMA gondii that primarily arise in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (see also AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS). The infection may involve the brain diffusely or form discrete abscesses. Clinical manifestations include SEIZURES, altered mentation, headache, focal neurologic deficits, and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch27, pp41-3)

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  • 1992

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016781

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