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Cerebral aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in AIDS patient: first cult...
Vidal, José E.; Dauar, Rafi F.; Melhem, Marcia S.C.; Szeszs, Walderez; Pukinskas, Sandra R.B.S.; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.; Costa, Silvia F.Cerebral aspergillosis is a rare cause of brain expansive lesion in AIDS patients. We report the first culture-proven case of brain abscess due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a Brazilian AIDS patient. The patient, a 26 year-old male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and history of pulmonary tuberculosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis, had fever, cough, dyspnea, and two episodes of seizures. The brain c...
Tuberculous brain abscess in a patient with AIDS: case report and literature re...
Vidal, José E.; Cimerman, Sérgio; Silva, Paula R. Marques da; Sztajnbok, Jaques; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.Tuberculous brain abscesses in AIDS patients are considered rare with only eight cases reported in the literature. We describe the case of a 34-year-old woman with AIDS and previous toxoplasmic encephalitis who was admitted due to headache and seizures. A brain computed tomography scan disclosed a frontal hypodense lesion with a contrast ring enhancement. Brain abscess was suspected and she underwent a lesion p...
Paradoxical reaction during treatment of tuberculous brain abscess in a patient...
Vidal, José E.; Cimerman, Sérgio; Schiavon Nogueira, Roberta; Bonasser Filho, Francisco; Sztajnbok, Jaques; Silva, Paula R. Marques da; Lins, Diogo L.M.
Cerebral mass lesion due to cytomegalovirus in a patient with AIDS: case report...
Vidal, José E.; Dauar, Rafi F.; Penalva de Oliveira, Augusto C.; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients most commonly presents as chorioretinitis and gastro-intestinal infection. Neurological involvement due to CMV may cause several clinical presentations: polyradiculitis, myelitis, encephalitis, ventriculo-encephalitis, and mononeuritis multiplex. Rarely, cerebral mass lesion is described. We report a 39 year-old woman with AIDS ...