Adult Toxoplasmosis: Report of a Case Due to Laboratory Infection

Case Reports1 March 1956ADULT TOXOPLASMOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE DUE TO LABORATORY INFECTIONJOSIAH BROWN, M.D., LEON JACOBS, Ph.D.JOSIAH BROWN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEON JACOBS, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-3-565 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe accumulated records of congenital toxoplasmosis total, at the present time, several hundred cases.1, 2, 3On the other hand, case reports of clinical toxoplasmosis acquired after birth are few. Two cases of encephalitis in juveniles have been described, one of which terminated fatally,4and eight fatal cases in adults. Pinkerton and Henderson5reported the first two well substantiated cases. Four other fatal cases, reported by various authors, have been summarized by Kass et al.,6and the last two have been described by Corpening et al.7and by Wolf et al.,8respectively. Several cases of severe adult toxoplasmosis with spontaneous...Bibliography1. EichenwaldLevine HSZ: Toxoplasmosis, Postgrad. Med. 15: 282-286, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Bamatter F: Toxoplasmosis, Ergebn. d. inneren Med. u. Kinderheilkunde, neue Folge 3: 652-828, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. SabinEichenwaldFeldmanJacobs ABHHAL: Present status of clinical manifestations of toxoplasmosis in man, J. A. M. A. 150: 1063-1069, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Sabin AB: Toxoplasmic encephalitis in children, J. A. M. A. 116: 801-807, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PinkertonHenderson HRG: Adult toxoplasmosis. A previously unrecognized disease entity simulating the typhus-spotted fever group, J. A. M. A. 116: 807-814, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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ULTMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Toxoplasmosis in the AdultHuman toxoplasmosisLABORATORY INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMAAcquired Toxoplasmosis 1 March 1956Volume 44, Issue 3Page: 565-572KeywordsArthritisBlood cellsClinical pathologyHemoglobinMedical servicesMetabolic disordersResearch laboratoriesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisTropical diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...