Toxoplasmosis

forte evidência contra o diagnóstico w A sensibilidade do PCR no líquor varia de 11-77%, enquanto a especificidade é próxima a 100% 589 LABORATÓRIO REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS BERTOZZI, L.C.; SUZUKI, L.A.; ROSSI, C.L. Serological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis: uselfulness of IgA detection and IgG avidity determination in a patient with persistent IgM antibody response to Toxoplasma gondii. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo, v. 41, p. 175-7, 1999. ISADA, C.M.; KASTEN, B.L.; GOLDMAN, M.P. et al.…

reported with space-occupying lesions (tumor, arteriovenous malformation), inflammation (encephalitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, post-streptococcal infection), demyelination, metabolic causes (hyperosmolal nonketotic hyperglycemia), infection (toxoplasmosis in AIDS), drugs (oral contraceptives, phenytoin, levodopa, neuroleptics) and head trauma. Pathophysiologically, hemiballismus is thought to result from reduced conduction through the direct pathway within the basal…