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Atypical strain of Toxoplasma gondii causing fatal reactivation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantion in a patient with an underlying immunological deficiency.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2013
Stajner Tijana, Vasiljević Zorica, Vujić Dragana, Marković Marija, Ristić Goran, Mićić Dragan, Pasić Srdjan, Ivović Vladimir, Ajzenberg Daniel, Djurković-Djaković Olgica
Abstract excerpt
In immunocompromized patients, including hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients, life-threatening toxoplasmosis may result from reactivation of previous infection. We report a case of severe disseminated toxoplasmosis that developed early after allogeneic HSCT for T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma in a 15-year-old Toxoplasma gondii-seropositive boy with Nijmegen breakage syndrome, a rare...
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