Journal article
Reactivation of ocular toxoplasmosis during pregnancy.
- Garweg JG Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland.
- Scherrer J
- Wallon M
- Kodjikian L
- Peyron F
- 2005-01-25
Published in:
- BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. - 2005
Female
Humans
Immunocompetence
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
Pregnancy Outcome
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Toxoplasmosis, Ocular
English
We wished to assess whether ocular toxoplasmosis can be reactivated during pregnancy in immunocompetent females, and whether such reactivation is confined to the eye or whether the fetus is exposed to the risk of vertical transmission. For this purpose, we retrospectively examined 18 females with ocular toxoplasmosis during the course of 35 pregnancies. Of these 18 patients, seven developed recurrences during seven pregnancies. Due to the potential risk of functional damage to the mother and the possibility of vertical disease transmission to the fetus, we suggest following such cases carefully during pregnancy until the dimensions of the problem are more fully appreciated.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00302.x
- PMID 15663591
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/58907
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