Doxycycline and pyrimethamine for toxoplasmic encephalitis

Scand J Infect Dis. 1993;25(1):157-60. doi: 10.1080/00365549309169687.

Abstract

Clinical improvement is reported in a 40-year-old man with AIDS and presumed toxoplasmic encephalitis, who was treated with doxycycline, 400 mg, and pyrimethamine, 25 mg, daily. Computerised tomography (CT) scanning of the brain showed complete resolution of 2 ring-enhanced lesions within 5 weeks.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
  • Adult
  • Doxycycline / administration & dosage*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pyrimethamine / administration & dosage*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / diagnostic imaging
  • Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Doxycycline
  • Pyrimethamine