Open AccessCONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS AFTER A PRECONCEPTIONAL OR PERICONCEPTIONAL MATERNAL INFECTION
Author(s) -
Florence RobertGangneux,
Hélène Yera,
Dominique D’Hervé,
Claude Guiguen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181966020
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , toxoplasmosis , medicine , fetus , pregnancy , pediatrics , obstetrics , immunology , surgery , biology , genetics
We report a case of asymptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis following a periconceptional infection of the mother. Fetal infection is very uncommon in such a situation, and mostly associated with fetal damage. We recommend that newborns undergo postnatal screening, even after maternal periconceptional infection, and receive specific therapy to reduce long-term sequelae.