| Literature DB >> 16511396 |
Rima McLeod1, Asif Rashid Khan, Gwendolyn A Noble, Paul Latkany, Jessica Jalbrzikowski, Kenneth Boyer.
Abstract
A 7-year-old with congenital toxoplasmosis who took pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine for reactivated chorioretinitis developed fever, severe cutaneous involvement, swelling, abdominal pain and transaminitis, persisting weeks after withholding medicines. Symptoms resolved when systemic corticosteroids were administered. This case underscores problems in clinical management with sulfadiazine hypersensitivity, potential immunosuppression from corticosteroids and selection of medications for recurrences of toxoplasmic chorioretinitis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16511396 DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000202070.59190.9a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129