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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2312-38932025000100414</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2025.e12142514</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Coinfección poco común: toxoplasmosis cerebral y neurosífilis en un individuo inmunocomprometido]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Uncommon coinfection: cerebral toxoplasmosis and neurosyphilis in an immunocompromised individual]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acosta Colmán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karina Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdez Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valeria Rosalba]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Hospital Central de IPS]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>414</fpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100414&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100414&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932025000100414&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se presenta caso de paciente adulto joven con diagnóstico de VIH desde 2017 sin tratamiento ni seguimiento médico. Acude a urgencias por convulsiones tónico-clónicas. Se realiza una serie de estudios laboratoriales y de imagen donde se observa, en resonancia magnética, lesiones sugerentes de toxoplasmosis cerebral. Se realiza punción lumbar que retorna con prueba VDRL reactiva. Durante su internación hospitalaria recibe tratamiento específico y es dado de alta mejorado con seguimiento por parte del servicio de infectología.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT We present the case of a young adult patient diagnosed with HIV in 2017 who had not received treatment or medical follow-up. He was admitted to the emergency department due to tonic-clonic seizures. A series of laboratory and imaging studies were performed, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed lesions suggestive of cerebral toxoplasmosis. A lumbar puncture was performed, which yielded a reactive VDRL test result. During his hospital stay, he received specific treatment and was discharged in improved condition with follow-up by the infectious disease service.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[toxoplasmosis cerebral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[neurosífilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[convulsiones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[disartria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cerebral toxoplasmosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neurosyphilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seizures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[dysarthria]]></kwd>
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