Author/Authors :
Boughattas، S. نويسنده Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences , , Someeh، R. نويسنده Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , , Ajamein، V. نويسنده Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , , Sadighi، M. نويسنده , , Namrodi، J. نويسنده Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , , Moghateli، M. نويسنده Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran ,
Abstract :
Introduction: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan with a worldwide
distribution. We reported here the cerebral toxoplasmosis in an Iranian HIV-positive
patient.
Case report: A 35-year-old woman that hospitalized at Golestan province, in summer
2016 because of dizziness, fever, and headache. After treatment, she showed severe pain
and then paralysis symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a small mass in the
brain. In the previous analysis, she had shown the presence of HIV antigen using
immunocytochemistry. The results of serological tests for toxoplasmosis showed
toxoplasma IgG antibodies rate of 1785.6 mg/dl and toxoplasma IgM antibodies rate of
162.4 IU/ml.
Conclusion: From public health importance viewpoint, it is a necessity to educate the
people about possible transmission risk of T. gondii through contaminated food and drink
sources. Unhygienic behaviors such as close contact with stray cats and also consumption
of raw or semi-cooked meat must be avoided especially in case of immunosuppressed
persons such as HIV-positive patients. On the other hand, detection of HIV/AIDS patients
in a community is very important due to following them up with the diagnosis tests for all
opportunistic infection especially toxoplasmosis.
