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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3544-3547, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3544-3547.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Toxoplasmosis after Renal Transplantation: Implications of a Missed Diagnosis

M. W. H. Wulf,1,2* R. van Crevel,2,3 R. Portier,4 C. G. ter Meulen,5 W. J. G. Melchers,1,2 A. van der Ven,2,3 and J. M. D. Galama1,2

Departments of Medical Microbiology,1 General Internal Medicine,3 Neurology,4 Nephrology, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center,5 Nijmegen University Center for Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands2

Received 28 September 2004/ Returned for modification 25 December 2004/ Accepted 12 February 2005

We describe a renal transplant patient with a primary Toxoplasma gondii infection presenting as pneumonitis, with subsequent chorioretinitis and encephalitis. The diagnostic challenges of T. gondii infection in immunocompromised patients are discussed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 0031-24-3614356. Fax: 0031-24-3640216. E-mail: m.wulf{at}mmb.umcn.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3544-3547, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3544-3547.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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