JAUNDICE AND RASH AS THE FIRST MANIFESTAT IONS OF ACQUIRED TOXOPLASMOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT ADULT

:Hepatitis due to toxoplasmosis is present in most patients with the c ongenital form of the disease but is rare in adults in the absence of immune deficiency. A case of acquired toxoplasmosis with cholestatic j aundice and a rash as the first manifestations was seen in an immunoco mpetent adult. The diagnosis was established on the basis of high leve ls of specific antibodies and results of the 2-mercapto-ethanol test. The outcome was spontaneously favorable.