toxoplasmosis among children with and without haematologic malingnancy in sharkia governorate

toxoplasma gpndii is an obligate intracellular parasite that causes congenital or acquired infection in advanced malignant neoplasms especially tomours of the haematopietiv system and immunocompromised patients an acute form of the disease is recognized in which servre often fatal encephalomyelitis develops moreover the clinical picture of toxoplasmosis per se can mimic lymphomas thus unnecessary and exhaustive measures can be avoided appropriate diagnosis.