Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cerebral toxoplasmosis

HM Elsheikha, CM Marra, XQ Zhu - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable number of mammalian and avian
species and a substantial proportion of the world's human population. The parasite has an …

PML diagnostic criteria: consensus statement from the AAN Neuroinfectious Disease Section

JR Berger, AJ Aksamit, DB Clifford, L Davis… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To establish criteria for the diagnosis of progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML). Methods: We reviewed available literature to identify various …

HIV-related cerebral toxoplasmosis revisited: current concepts and controversies of an old disease

JE Vidal - Journal of the International Association of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of expansive brain lesions in people
living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and continues to cause high morbidity and mortality. The most …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents

JE Kaplan, C Benson, KK Holmes, JT Brooks, A Pau… - MMWR Recomm …, 2009 - cdc.gov
This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

Epstein–Barr virus infection

JI Cohen - New England journal of medicine, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was discovered 36 years ago by electron microscopy of cells
cultured from Burkitt's lymphoma tissue by Epstein, Achong, and Barr. 1 Four years later, in …

British Infection Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults and children

G Thwaites, M Fisher, C Hemingway, G Scott… - Journal of infection, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of these guidelines is to describe a practical but evidence-based approach to the
diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system tuberculosis in children and adults. We …

Immune surveillance in multiple sclerosis patients treated with natalizumab

O Stüve, CM Marra, KR Jerome, L Cook… - Annals of Neurology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Our objective was to test whether natalizumab, an antibody against very late
activating antigen (VLA)‐4, interferes with central nervous system immune surveillance as …

HIV-associated opportunistic infections of the CNS

IL Tan, BR Smith, G von Geldern, FJ Mateen… - The Lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Survival in people infected with HIV has improved because of an increasingly powerful array
of antiretroviral treatments, but neurological symptoms due to comorbid conditions, including …

Molecular methods for diagnosis of viral encephalitis

RL DeBiasi, KL Tyler - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hundreds of viruses cause central nervous system (CNS) disease, including
meningoencephalitis and postinfectious encephalomyelitis, in humans. The cerebrospinal …

Toxoplasma gondii infection and cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients

VL Pereira-Chioccola, JE Vidal, C Su - Future microbiology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected
patients, particularly from developing countries. This article summarizes current literature on …