Congenital Toxoplasmosis in the Newborn

Congenital toxoplasmosis in the newborn.

A majority of the recorded cases of congenital toxoplasmosis have shown either clinical evidence of damage to the central nervous system at birth or have developed such signs after the first few weeks of life. The purpose of this report is to describe two cases, occurring within a short period in one maternity unit, showing at birth signs of generalized disease. One infant lived only a few minu...

Congenital toxoplasmosis simulating haemolytic disease of the newborn.

Case I . Baby D. was born on 8th July, 1954. Abnormalities noted during this, the mother’s first pregnancy, were: excessive gain in weight, hydramnios, frequency of micturition and profuse vaginal discharge. Labour lasted 16 hours. Foetal heart sounds ceased 10 minutes before delivery. The baby was stillborn, severely hydropic and weighed 4 pounds 132 ounces. The placenta was unduly large, fles...

Hearing loss in congenital toxoplasmosis detected by newborn screening Summary

Hearing loss in congenital toxoplasmosis detected by newborn screening.

UNLABELLED Congenital toxoplasmosis may cause sensorineural deficit in up to 20% of the patients and proper treatment in the first year improves prognosis. In Brazil, this infections impact on hearing impairment is unknown. AIM To evaluate hearing of newborns with congenital toxoplasmosis identified by the newborn screening service. METHOD This prospective study analyzed children with conge...

First Colombian Multicentric Newborn Screening for Congenital Toxoplasmosis

AIMS To determine the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in Colombian newborns from 19 hospital or maternal child health services from seven different cities of five natural geographic regions (Caribbean, Central, Andean, Amazonia and Eastern). MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected 15,333 samples from umbilical cord blood between the period of March 2009 to May 2010 in 19 different hospitals ...