Adult toxoplasmosis presenting as polymyositis and cerebellar ataxia. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A patient with toxoplasmosis had cerebellar, spinal cord, nerve root, and skeletal muscle symptoms. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from skeletal muscle, and toxoplasma antibody titers were persistently elevated. The disease has been recurrent during a 3-year period with only temporary response to specific antimicrobial therapy.

publication date

  • March 1, 1975

Research

keywords

  • Cerebellar Ataxia
  • Myositis
  • Toxoplasmosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0016479206

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.7326/0003-4819-82-3-367

PubMed ID

  • 1078759

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 82

issue

  • 3