TY - JOUR AU - Siti Ruziana Roslan, AU - Azwanis Abdul Hadi, PY - 2022/04/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Seizure as Initial Presentation of HIV: A Case Report of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis JF - Malaysian Journal of Medical Research (MJMR) JA - Malaysian Journal of Medical Research VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001 UR - https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjmr/article/view/1573 SP - 1-5 AB - <p>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.</p> ER -