Congenital Toxoplasmosis


Symptoms

The consequences of the infection of the fetus can be very different: between subclinical and very serious.

• Abortion
• Overt disease. The symptoms vary widely, the classical triad of Congenital Toxoplasmosis is
  • Hydrozephalus
  • Intracranial calcification
  • Chorioretinitis
• Subclinical infection: no symptoms at birth
  • late onset symptoms (most common in the eyes: Chorioretinitis)
  • no symptoms at all

In general You can say:
The earlier in pregnancy the mother is infected, the lower is the risk of an infection of the fetus, but the severer is the disease.
The later in pregnancy the mother is infected, the higher is the possibility of fetal infection, and the disease is less severe (often subclinical infection)

Adults and children can get infected:

• asymptomatic (90%) or
• with symptoms like flu: fever, typically swollen lymphatic glands.
• symptoms which need treatment are very rare

In case of  immunodeficiency the symptoms can be serious!

Some pictures of symptoms of Congenital Toxoplasmosis:

• Hydrozephalus
  
• Intracranial calcification
  
• Chorioretinitis
  

Up to the classical triade

Congenital Toxoplasmosis


This page was established by: Alex Trojovsky

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