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Disease toxoplasmosis
Symptom C0014038|encephalitis
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PubMedID- 21908372 Disseminated toxoplasmosis with mild encephalitis was noted in all 4 fetuses, and 2 of the fetuses had mild acute multifocal hepatic necrosis.
PubMedID- 22453053 Post natal acquired toxoplasmosis can incidentally lead to encephalitis and necrotizing retinochoroiditis, while congenital transmitted toxoplasmosis can lead to mental retardation, convulsions, spasticity, cerebral palsy, deafness and severely impaired vision in the offspring.
PubMedID- 25984209 For encephalitis due to toxoplasmosis, treatment used to be a combination of pyrimethamine–sulfadiazine, but recently, it is demonstrated that trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole provides the same efficiency, has less serious side effects and is well tolerated, even at high dose .

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