Background Toxoplasmosis is an infection that affects almost a third of the world population. In adults, it is often asymptomatic, although having important manifestation in children- infected by placental transmission. The prenatal is an important moment, requiring actions in women's care during pregnancy, in order to prevent diseases that could compromise the mother and the child's life. Me...

This cross-sectional study of 420 women in two public maternity hospitals from August 2004 to May 2005 evaluated the application of a prenatal toxoplasmosis serological screening protocol in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and the information provided to susceptible pregnant women. Ninety-eight percent of women received prenatal care and 97% underwent the initial serological screeni...

Treponema pallidum, which causes the infectious disease syphilis, has a high rate of vertical transfer from mother to kid. Untreated maternal infection increases risk perinatal morbidity and mortality unfavorable pregnancy outcomes, notably congenital syphilis. It is necessary check for gestational syphilis during prenatal period, its diagnosis straightforward. Nevertheless, this illness still ...

ObjectiveTo assess the choice and attitude of pregnant women regarding CMV serological screening prevention behaviors in pregnancy.Study designIn this cross-sectional study, were recruited a single center during routine prenatal tests at 11–16 weeks. Participants filled out questionnaire assessing knowledge about congenital (cCMV) infection, risk perception willingness to have as well their tow...

The fetal brain is highly vulnerable to teratogens, including many infectious agents. As a consequence of prenatal infection, many children suffer severe and permanent brain injury and dysfunction. Because most animal models of congenital brain infection do not strongly mirror human disease, the models are highly limited in their abilities to shed light on the pathogenesis of these diseases. Th...

background : as prenatal screening for sexually transmitted infections and treatment of infected pregnant women is not routinely performed in iran and prevalence of two sexually transmitted pathogens, chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasma genitalium , in sabzevar (east of iran) is unknown, we decided to perform this prospective study. methods : one hundred ninety-six urine specimens of pregnant ...

the outcome and proper management of fetal hydronephrosis have not been completely defined. the purpose of this study was to determine incidence and outcome of infants with a history of prenatal hydronephrosis diagnosed by ultrasound. in a three-year period from 2000 to 2003 we identified 211 cases (271 renal units) of fetal hydronephrosis in which renal pelvic anteroposterior diameter was more...

There is increasing evidence that environmental agents mediate susceptibility to infectious disease. Studies support the impact of prenatal/early life exposure to the environmental metals inorganic arsenic (iAs) and cadmium (Cd) on increased risk for susceptibility to infection. The specific biological mechanisms that underlie such exposure-mediated effects remain understudied. This research ai...

OBJECTIVE With the high cost of health care today, the universal prophylactic measures recommended, and the availability of effective treatment should infection occur, the practice of routinely repeating the endocervical gonorrhea (GC) culture in the third trimester of pregnancy may be unwarranted. METHODS To test this hypothesis, we reviewed charts from patients who had received routine pren...