CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS

Original language description

Objectives: The study analysed symptoms and therapy in children with congenital toxoplasmosis. Methods: Of 67 children born from 66 mothers managed in our department for an acute maternal infection between January 1997 and December 2012. 23 newborns wereeligible in our study.They had proven congenital toxoplasmosis and had been followed up for at least today. Results: 44 children were asymptomatic.5 infants had only eye lesion. In 18 children except ocular involvement in the form of chorioretinitis isevident neurological sequels. Conclusions: Prenatal screening and treatment to the pregnant mother failed to prevent transmission of Toxoplasma gondii from mother to the child.Some children were infected also due to insuficcient treatment of their mothers during pregnancy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů