Differential diagnosis of focal CNS (central nervous system) lesions in AIDS patients

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  • Toxoplasmosis: by far the most frequent
  • Primary CNS lymphoma
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium avium complex
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Candida sp.
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Nocardia asteroides
  • Salmonella group B
  • Aspergillus sp.
  • Rhodococcus sp.
  • Acanthamoeba sp.
  • Syphilitic gumma (syphilis, Treponema pallidum)
  • “Classical” bacterial cerebral abscess, e.g. otogenic, from sinus, secondarily to endocarditis.
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Category: Conditions and Diseases , Health , Infectious Diseases , Medical Subject Notes , Medicine , Mycobacterium avium complex , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Nocardia , Primary central nervous system lymphoma , Tuberculosis

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