Congenital toxoplasmosis and reinfection during pregnancy: case report, strain characterization, experimental model of reinfection, and review

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-285

  Elbez Rubinstein, Annie ^a   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^b,c   Dardé, Marie Laure ^b,c   Cohen, Robert ^a   Dumètre, Aurélien ^c   Yera, Hélène ^d   Gondon, Emmanuelle ^a   Janaud, Jean Claude ^a   Thulliez, Philippe ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; FOLINIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PETECHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RECURRENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 58849165824     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595793     Document Type: Article

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