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Ocular toxoplasmosis in infants 0 to 12 months of age with congenital toxoplasmosis
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WoS WOS:000864075400006
DOI
Año 2022
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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

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Internacional

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Extranjeras


Abstract



Background: Ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) is a retinochoroiditis that evolves with several episodes of inflammation and can occur both in the congenital or acquired form of the disease, Aim: To describe the frequency and clinical characteristics of OT in infants aged 0 to 12 months, children of mothers with positive serology for toxoplasmosis in the perinatal period. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive, ambispective study. Results: Infants from 0 to 12 months of age, whose mothers had positive serology for toxoplasmosis in the perinatal period, referred to the pediatric ophthalmology service for evaluation, were admitted. Demographic variables, maternal and infant serology and the results of the ophthalmological examination were collected. Data were analyzed in SPSS v21 Results: 46.4% of 125 infants had OT, of them 67.2% were female, (p = 0.04) the median age was 6 months, 41% had IgG and IgM positive. The lesions were bilateral in 82.8%, central in 86.2%, and inactive in 81%. Retinochoroiditis was accompanied by strabismus in 41%. Conclusions: The frequency of OT in this population of infants with congenital toxoplasmosis was high. more than 80% of the eye lesions were inactive, centrally located and bilaterally involved.

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Infectious Diseases
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Public Health, Environmental And Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
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Health Sciences

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Publicaciones WoS (Ediciones: ISSHP, ISTP, AHCI, SSCI, SCI), Scopus, SciELO Chile.

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Autores - Afiliación



Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Gonzalez, Laura Mujer Hosp Gen Pediat Ninos Acosta Nu - Paraguay
2 Cardozo, Olivia S. Mujer Hosp Gen Pediat Ninos Acosta Nu - Paraguay
3 Samudio, Margarita A. Mujer Univ Pacifico - Paraguay
4 Mesquita, Mirta R. Mujer Hosp Gen Pediat Ninos Acosta Nu - Paraguay

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