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. 2006 Feb;44(2):646-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.646-648.2006.

Timely diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis by sputum examination

Sophy Laibe  1 , Stéphane Ranque, Catherine Curtillet, Françoise Faraut, Henri Dumon, Jacqueline Franck
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Timely diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis by sputum examination

Sophy Laibe et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

The diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis in a 14-year-old allogeneic bone marrow recipient with graft-versus-host disease was determined by the detection of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in sputum smears. Sputum analysis is a valuable alternative in the clinical assessment of pulmonary toxoplasmosis, especially when conventional invasive techniques are not practicable.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Diff-Quick staining of a sputum specimen showing abundant intracellular (arrowhead) and some typically crescent-shaped extracellular (arrows) T. gondii tachyzoites, approximately 10 μm in length. Magnification, ×400 (original magnification, ×1,000).
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