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Clinical outcomes of intravitreal treatment for ocular toxoplasmosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023
Background: Ocular toxoplasmosis is the leading cause of infectious posterior uveitis worldwide, accounting for 30-50% of all cases in immunocompetent patients.
Lutiana Amaral de Melo, Mayara Rodrigues Brandão de Paiva, Gabriella Maria Fernandes-Cunha, Armando Silva-Cunha, Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol, Sílvia Ligorio Fialho   +5 more
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Atypical pattern of ocular toxoplasmosis: recurrent inner foveal toxoplasmic retinitis (rifter) [PDF]

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2023
Failure to recognize the different possible clinical presentations of ocular toxoplasmosis may delay diagnosis and treatment, compromising visual prognosis.
Guilherme Macedo Souza, Laurentino Biccas, André Maia, Claudio Silveira, Rubens Belfort   +4 more
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Human Ocular Toxoplasmosis in Romania: History, Epidemiology, and Public Health: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Microorganisms
Toxoplasmosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), presents a significant global health concern, particularly for immunocompromised individuals and congenitally infected newborns.
Laura Andreea Ghenciu, Ovidiu Alin Hațegan, Sorin Lucian Bolintineanu, Alexandra-Ioana Dănilă, Roxana Iacob, Emil Robert Stoicescu, Maria Alina Lupu, Tudor Rareș Olariu   +7 more
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Primary ocular toxoplasmosis secondary to venison consumption [PDF]

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023
Purpose: To describe primary ocular toxoplasmosis infection related to ingestion of undercooked venison. Observations: This single site, retrospective case series reviewed 4 patients with primary ocular toxoplasmosis that was acquired by ingesting ...
James M. Kohler, Danny A. Mammo, Steven R. Bennett, John B. Davies   +3 more
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Toxoplasmosis ocular Ocular toxoplasmosis

Revista Cubana de Oftalmología, 2010
La toxoplasmosis ocular es una enfermedad producida por el parásito toxoplasma gondii. Es la causa más frecuente de uveítis posterior, es una enfermedad de distribución universal, al menos 500 millones de personas están infectadas en todo el mundo ...
Yusimik Toledo González, Mavys Soto García, Caridad Chiang Rodríguez, Raúl Rúa Martínez, Yaimir Estévez Miranda, Eva Rossana Santana Alas   +5 more
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OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2002
Background. Ocular toxoplasmosis is one of the important causes of severe visual loss in young otherwise healthy people. Diagnosis is clinical, supported by laboratory tests.
Aleksandra Kraut, Branka Stirn-Kranjc, Nataša Vidovič-Valentinčič   +2 more
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Antimicrobial Drug Prophylaxis for Recurrent Ocular Toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Pathogens
Ocular toxoplasmosis is a relapsing infectious eye disease that carries an increasing risk of vision loss with each reactivation episode. Antimicrobial drug prophylaxis has been used to reduce the rate of recurrence.
Taraneh Keshavarz, João M. Furtado, Justine R. Smith   +2 more
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The disease burden of ocular toxoplasmosis in Denmark in 2019: Estimates based on laboratory testing of ocular samples and on publicly available register data

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2021
Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an important zoonotic protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution. Information on the contribution of ocular toxoplasmosis to the disease burden caused by this parasite is limited or lacking from many countries ...
Jonathan Marstrand, Jørgen Anders Lindholm Kurtzhals, Helle Josefine Fuchs, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Pikka Jokelainen   +4 more
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Postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of infectious posterior uveitis worldwide. It can be prenatal or postnatal in origin. Despite estimations that postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis is more prevalent, only several cases of proven ...
Olivera Lijeskić, Tijana Štajner, Jelena Srbljanović, Aleksandra Radosavljević, Branko Bobić, Ivana Klun, Anka Stanojević-Paović, Olgica Djurković-Djaković   +7 more
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Therapy of ocular toxoplasmosis [PDF]

International Ophthalmology, 1989
We performed a prospective multicentre study to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic strategies currently used for ocular toxoplasmosis in a large number of patients (n = 106). Treatment was given for at least four weeks and consisted of three triple drug combinations: group 1, pyrimethamine, sulphadiazine and corticosteroids (n = 29); group 2 ...
Rothova, A., Buitenhuis, H.J., Meenken, C., Baarsma, G.S., Boen-Tan, T.N., de Jong, P.T.V.M., Schweitzer, C.M.C., Timmerman, Z., Vries, J. de, Zaal, M.J.W., Kijlstra, A.   +10 more
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