Clinical and prognostic features of cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Journal of Neurology & Stroke
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Joe
Kabongo Katabwa,1,2 Olivier Mukuku,3 Elie Kabika,2
Guy Kandja Lwamba,2 Charles Wembonyama Mpoy,4 André
Kabamba Mutombo,5 Claude Mulumba Mwamba,1 Stanislas
Okitotsho Wembonyama2,6
Abstract
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is the main opportunistic infection of the central nervous system (CNS) during in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection. The purpose of this study is to describe current epidemiologic, clinical, diagnostic, and prognostic features of cerebral toxoplasmosis during HIV-infection in hospital setting in Lubumbashi.
Keywords
cerebral toxoplasmosis, HIV infection, mortality, lubumbashi
