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Seropositive patients with CD4 counts less than 100 cells/microL who do not have adequate antiretroviral treatment have up to a 30% probability of being infected with Toxoplasma gondii, an opportunistic parasite that can cause ophthalmic, neurological, and rarely systemic complications. Central nervous system involvement should be suspected in the context of human immunodeficiency virus positive, immunocompromised patients with neurological symptoms suggesting central level involvement; for which, imaging studies will be the first choice to obtain a rapid and timely diagnosis, which allows an adequate therapeutic regimen to be started as soon as possible.
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