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Spinal cord toxoplasmosis in a young immunocompetent patient

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We report a case of spinal cord toxoplasmosis occurring as a primary infection in a 31-year-old immunocompetent man. Exhaustive immunologic and genetic investigations did not identify any immunodeficiency. The causative agent was a typical type 2 strain. In cases of spinal cord lesions, toxoplasmosis should be considered, even in an immunocompetent patient.

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  1. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Medecine E Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, 39 Avenue de la liberté, 68024, Colmar, France

    M. Martinot, V. Greigert & M. Mohseni-Zadeh

  2. Parasitology Department, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France

    V. Greigert & O. Villard

  3. APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Service d’Immunologie, Marseille-Immunopole, Marseille, France

    C. Farnarier, C. Piperoglou & F. Vely

  4. Centre National de Référence (CNR) Toxoplasmose/Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC), Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire Dupuytren, Limoges, France

    M. L. Dardé

  5. INSERM, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, UMR 1094, Institut d’Epidémiologie et de Neurologie Tropicale, GEIST, 87000, Limoges, France

    M. L. Dardé

  6. Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    J. Tarabeux

  7. National Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases RESO, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    A. Guffroy

  8. Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    A. Guffroy

  9. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSERM, CIML, Marseille, France

    F. Vely

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Martinot, M., Greigert, V., Farnarier, C. et al. Spinal cord toxoplasmosis in a young immunocompetent patient. Infection 48, 299–302 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01380-9

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