Use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis. 2018

Cam Loveridge-Easther, and Anne-Marie Yardley, and Brenda Breidenstein
CCDHB, Wellington, New Zealand. Electronic address: Cam.loveridge.easther@gmail.com.

Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) is a parasitic disease that causes serious fetal and neonatal harm or death. In countries that do not have antenatal screening programs, the initiation of CT treatment relies on a postnatal diagnosis. Until recently, diagnosis was based on clinical signs and immunoglobulin seropositivity, which is fraught with difficulty. In these cases, diagnosis was often delayed or treatment, which carries risk, started empirically. We highlight the use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose a case of congenital toxoplasmosis, allowing early treatment and justifying the treatment burden.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D011739 Pyrimethamine One of the FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS that is used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis. Chloridin,Daraprim,Malocide,Tindurine
D002955 Leucovorin The active metabolite of FOLIC ACID. Leucovorin is used principally as an antidote to FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS. Calcium Leucovorin,Citrovorum Factor,Folinic Acid,N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate,5-Formyltetrahydrofolate,5-Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate,Calcium Folinate,Folinic Acid-SF,Leucovorin, (D)-Isomer,Leucovorin, (DL)-Isomer,Leucovorin, (R)-Isomer,Leucovorin, Calcium (1:1) Salt,Leucovorin, Calcium (1:1) Salt, (DL)-Isomer,Leucovorin, Calcium (1:1) Salt, Pentahydrate,Leucovorin, Monosodium Salt,Leukovorin,Leukovorum,Wellcovorin,5 Formyltetrahydrofolate,5 Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate,Acid, Folinic,Factor, Citrovorum,Folinate, Calcium,Folinic Acid SF,Leucovorin, Calcium,Monosodium Salt Leucovorin
D004359 Drug Therapy, Combination Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect. Combination Chemotherapy,Polychemotherapy,Chemotherapy, Combination,Combination Drug Therapy,Drug Polytherapy,Therapy, Combination Drug,Chemotherapies, Combination,Combination Chemotherapies,Combination Drug Therapies,Drug Polytherapies,Drug Therapies, Combination,Polychemotherapies,Polytherapies, Drug,Polytherapy, Drug,Therapies, Combination Drug
D004569 Electroencephalography Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain. EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000981 Antiprotozoal Agents Substances that are destructive to protozoans. Schizonticides,Agents, Antiprotozoal
D013129 Spinal Puncture Tapping fluid from the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region, usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. Lumbar Puncture,Spinal Tap,Lumbar Punctures,Puncture, Lumbar,Puncture, Spinal,Punctures, Lumbar,Punctures, Spinal,Spinal Punctures,Spinal Taps,Tap, Spinal,Taps, Spinal

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