Severe congenital toxoplasmosis due to a Toxoplasma gondii strain with an atypical genotype: Case report and review

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 902-905

  Delhaes, Laurence ^a,b   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^b,c,d   Sicot, Bérangère ^a   Bourgeot, Philippe ^a   Dardé, Marie Laure ^b,c,d   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a,b   Houfflin Debarge, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC)   (France)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital toxoplasmosis; Genotype; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COCCIDIOSTATS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SPIRAMYCIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956145065     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2563     Document Type: Article

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