Differential diagnosis of focal CNS (central nervous system) lesions in AIDS patients
- 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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Mycobacterium avium complex
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Nocardia
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma
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29.12.09|By
Vishaal
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