Abstract

GONZALEZ ESPINOSA, Luis Enrique et al. Neurotoxoplasmosis as A Neurological Complication of Infection by The Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Rev cubana med [online]. 2017, vol.56, n.2, pp. 126-132. ISSN 1561-302X.

Neurological complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection can affect any portion of the neuroaxis. These are divided into two large groups: those that are a consequence of HIV infection and those that are secondary in nature and that occur, mainly, as a result of the associated immunosuppression. Toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system is among the most frequent neurological complications that occur as a secondary consequence of this infection. The case of an HIV positive patient who had a sudden clinical picture due to loss of consciousness followed by generalized tonic-clonic seizure and subsequently a 38 °C fever accompanied by severe oppressive retroocular headache, as well as fluctuating confusion and left hemiparesis. Neurotoxoplasmosis diagnosis was confirmed, with a favorable response to the treatment and resolution of the disease.

Keywords : Human immunodeficiency virus; immunosuppression; opportunistic infections; toxoplasmosis.

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