Seizure as Initial Presentation of HIV: A Case Report of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
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https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001Abstract
This paper reports a case of a previously healthy patient who presented with a generalised tonic-clonic seizure due to cerebral edema. Investigations revealed he had human Deficiency Virus (HIV) with cerebral toxoplasmosis and was co-infected with Hepatitis C. He was immediately placed on a toxoplasmosis treatment regime which, 4 weeks later, showed improvement in his clinical condition and computed tomography (CT) brain imaging. He was then put on antiretroviral therapy (ART). This case describes the management of a patient with newly diagnosed HIV with opportunistic and co-infections.
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Cerebral toxoplasmosis, HIV, Hepatitis C, Antiretroviral TherapyDownloads
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