Presumptive Diagnosis of Toxoplasma and Cephalitis

diagnosis of toxoplasma and cephalitis is often made presumptively based on CD4 count less than 100. CT guided brain biopsy reserved for patients who fail to respond to specific therapy, or for life-threatening presentations that require urgent diagnostic certainty. If you're concerned about telomecosis, start with fungal staining or skin lesion scrappings,. lymph node or bone marrow aspirates, or tissue secretions.