Een jonge man met een acute toxoplasma-encefalitis

– A young man was admitted to hospital because of status epilepticus, which was followed after a few days by progressive neurological deterioration. After three weeks, acute Toxoplasma encephalitis was demonstrated by serological examination of the blood and CSF; the presence of tachyzoites in the CSF confirmed the active stage of the infection.

It is useful to include cerebral toxoplasmosis in the differential diagnosis of cases of meningo-encephalitis, even in immunocompetent patients, because as a rule this condition responds well to treatment.