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Postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients [PDF]
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 +7 more
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Antimicrobial Drug Prophylaxis for Recurrent Ocular Toxoplasmosis [PDF]
PathogensOcular 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 +2 more
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Toxoplasmosis in the Era of Targeted Immunotherapy: A Systematic Review of Emerging Cases Linked to Biologics and Small Molecules in Autoimmune Diseases, Oncology and Transplantation [PDF]
PathogensA systematic review of toxoplasmosis cases in patients receiving targeted immunotherapy with biologics or small molecules was performed. This systematic review searched for case reports, case series and observational studies in PubMed; last search was on
Stephanie M. Cho +2 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 2021 Toxoplasmosis in humans is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by a ubiquitous protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasmosis is an opportunistic infection that can cause serious damage in immunocompromised patients.
Iskren Kaftandjiev, Rumen Harizanov
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Heliyon, 2021 Objectives: To determine the frequency of retinochoroidal lesions by ocular toxoplasmosis and their relationships with risk factors, in residents of two districts with high exposure to Toxoplasma, in Armenia-Quindío, Colombia.
Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín +14 more
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Medicine Science, 2018 We aimed to examine the choroidal changes in ocular toxoplasmosis with spectral domain optical coherence tomography using the enhanced depth-imaging mode.
Mehmet Murat +3 more
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The IFN-³+874T/A gene polymorphism is associated with retinochoroiditis toxoplasmosis susceptibility
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis that generally produces an asymptomatic infection. In some cases, however, toxoplasmosis infection can lead to ocular damage.
Maíra Cavalcanti de Albuquerque +7 more
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Frequency and visual outcomes of ocular toxoplasmosis in an adult Brazilian population
Scientific Reports, 2021 Although ocular toxoplasmosis is a leading cause of posterior uveitis worldwide, there is scarce information about the real-life frequency of ocular lesions, visual outcomes, and risk factors for poor prognosis.
Rafael Estevão De Angelis +12 more
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