Fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis with congenital transmission in an African migrant

Migrants from HIV-endemic areas may be newly diagnosed with HIV in Western countries. A 27-year-old pregnant woman from sub-Saharan Africa presented with disseminated fatal toxoplasmosis and congenitally transmitted the parasite. Despite medical care, maternal infection was only diagnosed postmortem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS (London) 2008-07, Vol.22 (12), p.1523-1525
Hauptverfasser:	SCHWEICKERT, Birgitta, BOLLMANN, Renate, LOUI, Andrea, KAUFMANN, Olaf, KLUTTIG, Jost, FEITERNA-SPERLING, Cornelia, BAUMANN, Ulrich, LIESENFELD, Oliver
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Africa South of the Sahara AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - transmission Biological and medical sciences Fatal Outcome Female Human immunodeficiency virus Human protozoal diseases Human viral diseases Humans Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Protozoal diseases Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis - transmission Transients and Migrants Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	Migrants from HIV-endemic areas may be newly diagnosed with HIV in Western countries. A 27-year-old pregnant woman from sub-Saharan Africa presented with disseminated fatal toxoplasmosis and congenitally transmitted the parasite. Despite medical care, maternal infection was only diagnosed postmortem and diagnosis in the newborn was delayed. Problematic aspects of medical care in migrants in Western countries are discussed.
ISSN:	0269-9370 1473-5571
DOI:	10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283063a2d