Publication: Toxoplasma gondii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhattarai, Kumud | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bisht, Anjal | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thapa, Bhawesh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Uprety, Ananta Bhakta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-19T06:49:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-19T06:49:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Kumud Bhattarai Department of Medicine, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal Anjal Bisht Department of Medicine, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal Bhawesh Thapa Department of Medicine, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal Ananta Bhakta Uprety Department of Medicine, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. An acute infection caused by the protozoan is usually asymptomatic but some patients may go into a complicated course. Though it is a common pathogen of immunocompromised states as HIV AIDS, rarely it may present in an immunocompetent host as pneumonia. We report a 38 years old male who presented with fever with respiratory distress associated with inguinal lymphadenopathy and transaminitis. Toxoplasma pneumonia was diagnosed by clinico-radiological and immunological methods. The patient was treated with a specific antimicrobial agent. A high degree of suspicion for the diagnosis and initiation of specific therapy can be lifesaving to the patient that might be rewarding to the treating physicians. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5849 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/5226 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | immunocompromised host | |
| dc.subject | pneumonia | |
| dc.subject | protozoan | |
| dc.subject | Toxoplasma gondii | |
| dc.title | Toxoplasma gondii Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 87 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 84 | |
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