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[Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from the saliva of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)]

Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 1990 Jul-Aug;45(4):171-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92302723
Amato Neto V; Braz LM; Jamra LM; Higaki Y; Pasternak J; Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica-Parasitologia, Hospital; das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo.

Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii has been found in saliva of patients with toxoplasmosis. We tried to isolate parasites in saliva in patients with AIDS. As it is known, the finding of antitoxoplasma antibodies is not useful for diagnosis of cerebral abscess in toxoplasmosis occurring in AIDS patients in Brazil where 90% or more adults have serological evidence of past infection with Toxoplasma gondii. In 26 patients with AIDS, including six with tomographical evidence suggesting cerebral abscess caused by Toxoplasma gondii, no parasites were found in the saliva by the use of the mouse inoculation model. This trial that the search for Toxoplasma gondii in the saliva is not an alternative method for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in patients with AIDS.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Animal Antibodies, Protozoan/ANALYSIS English Abstract Human Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*PARASITOLOGY Saliva/*PARASITOLOGY Toxoplasma/IMMUNOLOGY/*ISOLATION & PURIF Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral/DIAGNOSIS/*PARASITOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplicationsanimalantibodies,protozoan/analysisenglishabstracthumanopportunisticinfections/diagnosis/KWDparasitologysaliva/KWDparasitologytoxoplasma/immunology/KWDisolation&puriftoxoplasmosis,cerebral/diagnosis/KWDparasitologyjournalarticle
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