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A 42-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department Following

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A 42-year-old man is brought to the emergency department following an episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure witnessed by his family. He has no prior history of seizure but has had headaches for the past several weeks. The patient works in construction. He has no history of travel outside the United States and has never had any pets. He smokes a pack of cigarettes daily and drinks 3-4 cans of beer every evening. Physical examination is notable for a postictal state, oral thrush, and several enlarged cervical and inguinal lymph nodes. An MRI of his brain with contrast is shown in the image below. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's symptoms?

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