Some 3% to 40% of HIV-infected patients may develop toxoplasmic encephalitis, the principal opportunistic CNS infection in this group. Combined pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine has been the mainstay of treatment, but alternative therapies are being investigated. Cryptosporidiosis and isosporiasis involve persistent, debilitating enteritis and, in the latter case, biliary tract involvement in AIDS patients. There is no known therapy for cryptosporidiosis, whereas patients with isosporiasis respond promptly to treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
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PALO ALTO MED RES FDN, DIV ALLERGY IMMUNOL & INFECT DIS, 860 BRYANT ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94301 USAPALO ALTO MED RES FDN, DIV ALLERGY IMMUNOL & INFECT DIS, 860 BRYANT ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94301 USA
ARAUJO, FG
REMINGTON, JS
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PALO ALTO MED RES FDN, DIV ALLERGY IMMUNOL & INFECT DIS, 860 BRYANT ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94301 USAPALO ALTO MED RES FDN, DIV ALLERGY IMMUNOL & INFECT DIS, 860 BRYANT ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94301 USA
ARAUJO, FG
REMINGTON, JS
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