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9148227

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
We report one case of successful treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with azithromycin combined with pyrimethamine. Toxoplasmic encephalitis had been diagnosed on the basis of multiple lesions exhibiting ring like contrast enhancement on double contrast Computed Tomographic (CT) scan of the brain. Thereby our patient had been treated with pyrimethamine 25 mg/die, after an attack dose of 100 mg in the first day, and clindamycin 2400 mg/die, because of sulfa-drug allergy, but clindamycin had to be discontinued because of rash development. At this point azithromycin, at a dose of 1000 mg/die for 21 days and 1500 mg a week for the following 50 days of follow-up, was added to pyrimethamine. Follow-up CT scan after 20 days of treatment (10 with clindamycin+pyrimethamine and 10 with azithromycin+pyrimethamine) revealed partial resolution of the brain lesions and subsequently (after 50 and 80 days of treatment) complete resolution.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0026-4806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Azithromycin combined with pyrimethamine in the treatment of neurotoxoplasmosis, in an AIDS patient].
pubmed:affiliation
Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera, Careggi, Firenze.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports