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A cluster of probable primary toxoplasmic lymphadenitis in a Thai family: case reports and a review of the literature


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A summary of 6 primary toxoplasmosis in nonpregnant, nontransplanted, and noncongenitally infected patients in Thailand

Patient/ yearSex, age (years)ProvinceAnimal exposureClinical manifestationsPresence of cyst or tachyzoite in pathologyTreatmentOutcome
1/1976 [17]M,51ChachoengsaoNA20 days of fever, hepatitis, mesenteric lymphadenopathyYesPyrimethamine + sulfadiazineDied 40 days after hospitalization
2/1976 [17]F,25BangkokNA3 weeks of fever, erythema nodosum, hepatitis, myocarditis mesenteric lymphadenopathyYesPyrimethamine + sulfadiazineDied from E. coli septicemia 68 days after hospitalization
3/1976 [17]M,25Samut SakhonNA5 months of fever, hepatitis, pneumonia, supraclavicular, mesenteric lymphadenopathyYesAnti-tuberculous drugs, CotrimoxazoleDied 60 days after hospitalization
4/1985 [18]F,28Chiang MaiNAProlonged fever, lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, skin lesions, myocarditis, meningoencephalitis, pleuritisYesNANA
5/2010

Our cluster

M,39Phang NgaCat, pig, duck1 month of cervical lymphadenopathy without feverNoNoComplete recovery within 6 weeks of illness
6/2010

Our cluster

M,6Phang NgaCat, pig, duck1 month of cervical lymphadenopathy without feverNoNoComplete recovery within 6 weeks of illness
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