Title
CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS WITH SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE IN A REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN PERU
Other title
TOXOPLASMOSIS CONGÉNITA CON ENFERMEDAD NEUROLÓGICA SEVERA EN UN HOSPITAL DE REFERENCIA DEL PERÚ
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) with severe neurological disease. We reviewed the medical records of patients under 1 year of age with positive IgM test for Toxoplasma gondii and brain, eye, and/or hearing involvement. This study was carried out at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja (INSNSB), Lima, Peru. Twenty-one patients diagnosed with CT were evaluated; 57.1% were female, and the median age at diagnosis was 3.1 months (IQR: 1.7-7.3). The main central nervous system manifestations were hydrocephalus (76.2%), intracranial calcifications (52.4%), microcephaly (42.9%), and convulsions (25.6%); the most frequent ocular manifestation was chorioretinitis (38.1%). In conclusion, 64% of CT cases had one or more manifestations of severe neurological disease.
Start page
208
End page
213
Volume
39
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137800052
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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