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Toxoplasmosis is asymptomatic in infected individuals; however, infections acquired during pregnancy pose a significant risk of the development of congenital parasitosis, leading to poor pregnancy outcomes and various degrees of chorioretinitis later in life. This study was therefore designed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and its
Masauko Liponda +3 more
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Hemorragia submacular secundária à toxoplasmose congênita [PDF]
We report the case of a patient with congenital toxoplasmosis and submacular hemorrhage caused by a neovascular membrane who underwent an intravitreal injection of C3F8 and bevacizumab, and had a good visual recovery.Relatamos o caso de uma paciente com ...
Costa, Ana Luiza Fontes De Azevedo +3 more
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Background Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly used as a bridge to transplantation or as destination therapy in heart failure patients. Fungal bloodstream infections, though less common than bacterial infections in VAD recipients, carry the highest mortality.
Francesco Siviero +13 more
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A Public Health Scourge: The Recent Surge of an Ancient Disease
The recent resurgence of congenital syphilis is striking, with an increase in cases 10‐fold over the past 12 years, including a 30% rise within the past 3 years alone. The consequences of untreated maternal syphilis can be severe, contributing to significant fetal and neonatal illness and death in cases of congenital syphilis.
Abigail Pleiss +4 more
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Fluorescein and indocyanine-green angiography in ocular syphilis: an exploratory study [PDF]
Background: Fluorescein (FA) and indocyanine-green angiography (ICGA) may offer valuable information concerning disease severity and prognosis in ocular syphilis.
Balaskas, Konstantinos +3 more
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the Gram‐negative spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinopathy (ASPPC) is a distinctive and increasingly recognized ocular manifestation characterized by the presence of one or more round to oval yellowish placoid outer retinal lesions at the level ...
Saeed Alamoudi +2 more
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Laboratory tests in uveitis - New developments in the analysis of local antibody production [PDF]
Analysis of local intraocular antibody production is a valuable tool with which to confirm a suspected clinical diagnosis in uveitis. We have analysed paired serum and aqueous samples for the presence of specific antibodies against toxoplasma ...
Baarsma, G.S. (Seerp) +8 more
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Leucoencefalopatia cística sem megalencefalia [PDF]
UNIFESP-EPM Department of PediatricsFederal University of São Paulo Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Division of Child NeurologyHospital Heliopolis Department of RadiologyFederal University of São Paulo EPM Department of Neurology and ...
Arita, Juliana Harumi +5 more
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Activity of spiramycin against Toxoplasma gondii in vitro, in experimental infections and in human infection [PDF]
The in-vitro, experimental and clinical activities of spiramycin against Toxoplasma gondii have been reviewed. In mammalian cells infected by T. gondii as in various experimental models, spiramycin definitively exerts an inhibitory antitoxoplasmic effect
Chang, Hernan R. +1 more
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OBJETIVO: Apresentar um caso raro de toxoplasmose congênita de uma mãe imunocompetente com infecção crônica que teve reativação da doença ocular durante a gestação.
Gláucia M. Q. Andrade +6 more
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