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How are AIDS patients with toxoplasmosis treated?
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AIDS patients who have not been infected may be given a drug called TMP/SMX (Bactrim or Septra) to prevent toxoplasmosis infection.
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What is the prognosis for immunocompromised patients with toxoplasmosis?
The disease can be fatal to all immunocompromised patients, especially AIDS patients, and particularly if not treated. As a result, immunocompromised patients are typically placed on anti-toxoplasmosis drugs for the rest of their lives.
The most common form of encephalitis in AIDS patients is associated with what protozoan?
toxoplasmosis
What are newborns with toxoplasmosis treated with?
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine for one year.
How is maternal toxoplasmosis treated?
Maternal toxoplasmosis is treated with spiramycin during the first and early second trimesters of pregnancy.
What is a parasitic infection associated with AIDS?
toxoplasmosis
How is fetal toxoplasmosis treated?
Fetal toxoplasmosis may be treated by giving the mother pyrimethamine and sulfonamides such as sulfadiazine during the later second and third trimesters.
Is cytomegalovirus a parasitic infection associated with AIDS?
No, it's toxoplasmosis.
What are newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis treated with to protect their bone marrow?
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with leucovorin for one year to protect the bone marrow from pyrimethamine toxicity.
What are newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis given to reduce inflammation?
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with corticosteroids for heart, lung, or eye inflammations.
What protozoan parasitic infection associated with AIDS produces pneumonitis hepatitis and encephalitis?
toxoplasmosis
Is toxoplasmosis a protozoa?
No. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus named as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
What are the treatments for HIVAIDS?
There is no cure for HIV or AIDS but it can be treated so that patients can have a better quality of life. The treatment for HIV and AIDS is a combination of drugs, known as a cocktail. These drugs can help prevent HIV from turning into AIDS or they can ease the symptoms of the AIDS virus.
