Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults and Severe Toxoplasmosis: Similar Clinical Presentations, Potentially Severe Outcomes

Abstract We report a case of a 21-year-old previously healthy man who developed severe toxoplasmosis with chorioretinitis and myositis 2 months after receiving corticosteroids for presumed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults, in the setting of a recently acquired acute Toxoplasma infection,...

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Published inOpen forum infectious diseases Vol. 9; no. 7; p. ofac198
Main Authors Ardura, Monica I, Montoya, Jose G, Dyner, LauraLe, Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.07.2022
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Brief Report
COVID-19
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A)
severe toxoplasmosis
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Summary:Abstract We report a case of a 21-year-old previously healthy man who developed severe toxoplasmosis with chorioretinitis and myositis 2 months after receiving corticosteroids for presumed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults, in the setting of a recently acquired acute Toxoplasma infection, likely during a trip to Latin America.
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ISSN:2328-8957
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DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofac198