Acute Seronegative Toxoplasma gondii Hepatitis Allergic to First-Line Treatment
Joint Authors
Camacho-Ortiz, Adrián
De la Garza-Salazar, Fernando
Cortéz-Hernández, Carlos Alejandro
Decanini-Arcaute, Horacio
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Toxoplasma gondii infects up to one-third of the world’s population, making it the protozoan that most infects people worldwide.
Among the forms of presentation of toxoplasmosis, hepatitis is probably the least frequent with only a few case reports in the world’s medical literature.
Despite the fact that the first diagnostic test is the serology using the ELISA technique because its sensitivity is close to 100% in our case, it was reported negative.
The biopsy gave the definitive diagnosis, and we were able to start treatment immediately.
Although the first line of treatment is sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine, our sulfate allergic patient received an alternative regimen of doxycycline, clindamycin, and azithromycin with a good response.
This is the only case of Toxoplasma hepatitis reported in Mexico and the only one in the world with negative serology with a good response to second-line treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
De la Garza-Salazar, Fernando& Cortéz-Hernández, Carlos Alejandro& Decanini-Arcaute, Horacio& Camacho-Ortiz, Adrián. 2018. Acute Seronegative Toxoplasma gondii Hepatitis Allergic to First-Line Treatment. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144407
Modern Language Association (MLA)
De la Garza-Salazar, Fernando…[et al.]. Acute Seronegative Toxoplasma gondii Hepatitis Allergic to First-Line Treatment. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144407
American Medical Association (AMA)
De la Garza-Salazar, Fernando& Cortéz-Hernández, Carlos Alejandro& Decanini-Arcaute, Horacio& Camacho-Ortiz, Adrián. Acute Seronegative Toxoplasma gondii Hepatitis Allergic to First-Line Treatment. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144407
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1144407