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Congenital Toxoplasmosis after Maternal Infection before or Slightly after Conception
Author(s) -
HAENTJENS M.,
SACRÉ L.,
DEMEUTER F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10213.x
Subject(s) - medicine , toxoplasmosis , congenital toxoplasmosis , pregnancy , titer , obstetrics , pediatrics , toxoplasma gondii , antibody , immunology , biology , genetics
. We report a newborn with typical lesions of congenital toxoplasmosis. Retrospectively, the time of infection could be located to or even before conception. A diagnostic work‐up should be performed in every newborn whose mother presents persistent high antibody titers against toxoplasma during pregnancy.