Document 1195
 DOCN  M9591195
 TI    [A clinicopathological study of eighteen autopsy cases with acquired
       toxoplasmosis]
 DT    9509
 AU    Liu D; Ling Q; Venkataseshan VS; Department of Pathology, Bengpu Medical
       College.
 SO    Chung Kuo Chi Sheng Chung Hsueh Yu Chi Sheng Chung Ping Tsa Chih.
       1995;13(1):64-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95308736
 AB    Eighteen autopsy cases of acquired toxoplasmosis in New York City were
       studied. Seventeen cases were with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
       (AIDS) and one patient with Hodgkin's disease. All 18 cases involved the
       brain and nine of them disseminated to the heart (8 cases), lung (4
       cases), pancreas (3 cases), alimentary tract (2 cases) and urogenital
       organs (3 cases). The authors divided the acquired toxoplasmosis into
       (1) immunocompetent, (2) immunocompromised and (3) immunodeficient
       types. The autopsy findings showed that the brain, heart and lung were
       the most susceptible organs. Pseudocysts were also found in lungs and
       alimentary tract, suggesting an autoinfection by swallowing sputum
       containing Toxoplasma. Toxoplasma in the urogenital organs might become
       a source for sexual transmitted toxoplasmosis.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adolescence  Adult
       Aged  Brain/PATHOLOGY  English Abstract  Female  Human  Lung/PATHOLOGY
       Male  Middle Age  Myocardium/PATHOLOGY
       Toxoplasmosis/ETIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY  Toxoplasmosis,
       Cerebral/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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