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General Reports
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

 
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A sero-survey of toxoplasmosis in farm and non-farm children from Wisconsin, United States, 1997--1999.
Muñoz-Zanzi C, Williams-Nguyen J, Belongia EA.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 11;13(1):837
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Association between seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii, scholastic development of children and risk factors for T. gondii infection.
Ferreira EC, Marchioro AA, Guedes TA, et al
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2013 Jun;107(6):390-
Abstract

Longitudinal study of new eye lesions in children with toxoplasmosis who were not treated during the first year of life.
Phan L, Kasza K, Jalbrzikowski J, et al  
Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Sep;146(3):375-384.
Abstract
 

Predictors of Retinochoroiditis in Children With Congenital Toxoplasmosis: European, Prospective Cohort Study.
Freeman K, Tan HK, Prusa A, et al
Pediatrics. 2008 Apr 21
Abstract
 
Risk factors for retinochoroiditis during the first 2 years of life in infants with treated
congenital toxoplasmosis.

Kieffer F, Wallon M, Garcia P, et al  
Pediatr Infect Dis J.
2008 Jan;27(1):27-32.
Abstract
 

Diagnostics/Monitoring
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

 
Diagnostic problems and postnatal follow-up in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Mazzola A, Casuccio A, Romano A, et al 
Minerva Pediatr. 2007 Jun;59(3):207-13.
Abstract
 
Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by multiplex PCR and peptide-based serological testing of samples from infants in Poland diagnosed with congenital toxoplasmosis.
Nowakowska D, Colon I, Remington JS 

J Clin Microbiol.
2006 Apr;44(4):1382-9.
Abstract

Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis by two-dimensional immunoblot differentiation of mother and child immunoglobulin g profiles.
Nielsen HV, Schmidt DR, Petersen E.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):711-5.
Abstract

 

Clinical Management: General Reports
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Postnatal therapy for congenital toxoplasmosis - a comparison of 2 different treatment approaches]
Pohl-Schickinger A, Feiterna-Sperling C, Weizsäcker K, Bührer C.Z
Geburtshilfe Neonato
l
. 2012 Apr;216(2):73-6.
Abstract

Breakthrough cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient receiving atovaquone prophylaxis after a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Megged O, Shalit I, Yaniv I, et al
 
Pediatr Transplant.
2008 Jan 8
Abstract
 

Outcome for children infected with congenital toxoplasmosis in the first trimester and with normal ultrasound findings: A study of 36 cases.
Berrebi A, Bardou M, Bessieres MH, Nowakowska D, et al
   
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol.
2006 Dec 22
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Outcome of treatment for congenital toxoplasmosis, 1981-2004: the National Collaborative Chicago-Based, Congenital Toxoplasmosis Study.
McLeod R, Boyer K, Karrison T, et al    
Clin Infect Dis. 2006 May 15;42(10):1383-94.
Abstract

Visual and auditory impairment in children with congenital cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma ondii infection
Lipka B, Milewska-Bobula B, Idzik M, et al.
Przegl Lek 2002;59 Suppl 1:70-2
Abstract

Myelitis and ascending flaccid paralysis due to congenital toxoplasmosis.
Campbell AL, Sullivan JE, Marshall GS.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Nov 15;33(10):1778-81
Abstract

Current approaches to diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections in childreninfected with human immuno deficiency virus.
Muller FM, Groll AH, Walsh TJ 

Eur J Pediatr
1999 Mar;158(3):187-99
Abstract

 

Ocular Toxoplasmosis
         

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Case report of a neonate with ocular toxoplasmosis due to congenital infection: estimation of the percentage of ocular
toxoplasmosis in Greece caused by congenital or acquired infection.

Asproudis I, Koumpoulis I, Kalogeropoulos C,  et al
Clin Ophthalmol. 2013;7:2249-2252|
Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa and congenital toxoplasmosis: A rare coexistence.
Chhabra MS, Prakash G, Vashisht N, Garg SP.
Indian J Ophthalmol
. 2007 Jul-Aug;55(4):303-4.
Abstract
 

Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis Presenting in Childhood: Clinical Findings in a UK Survey.
Stanford MR, Tan HK, Gilbert R. 

Br J Ophthalmol.
2006 Aug 9;
Abstract
 
Impact of visual impairment on measures of cognitive function for children with congenital toxoplasmosis: implications for compensatory intervention strategies.
Roizen N, Kasza K, Karrison T, Mets M, et al  

Pediatrics
. 2006 Aug;118(2):e379-90.

Abstract
 
Severe Sulfadiazine Hypersensitivity in a Child with Reactivated Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis
McLeod R, Khan AR, Noble GA,   et al
 
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Mar;25(3):270-272.
Abstract
 
Ocular manifestations in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Kodjikian L, Wallon M, Fleury J,
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006 Jan;244(1):14-21.
Abstract

Long-term ocular prognosis in 327 children with congenital toxoplasmosis.
Wallon M, Kodjikian L, Binquet C, et al
Pediatrics. 2004 Jun;113(6):1567-7
Abstract
 

  Visual and auditory impairment in children with congenital cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma gondii infection
Lipka B, Milewska-Bobula B, Idzik M, et al.
Przegl Lek 2002;59 Suppl 1:70-2
Abstract
 
Congenital toxoplasmosis and ocular involvement. A review with 6 case reports
Lebech M, Petersen E

Ugeskr Laeger 1992 Feb 3;154(6):339-45
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Case Studies
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

 
Early serum biomarker networks in infants with distinct retinochoroidal lesion status of congenital toxoplasmosis.
de Araújo TE, Coelho-Dos-Reis JG, Béla SR, et al
 Cytokine. 2017 Jul;95:102-112.
Abstract

Acute Encephalopathy in the Immune-compromised Child: Never Forget Toxoplasmosis.
Caselli D, Andreoli E, Paolicchi O, et al
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May 22.
Abstract

Cerebellar toxoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS infant: case report and review of the literature.
Ibebuike K, Mantanga L, Emereole O, et al

Neurol Sci
. 2012 Jan 28
Abstract

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Toxoplasma, Toxocara and Tuberculosis co-infection in a four year old child.
Guneratne R, Mendis D, Bandara T, Fernando SD.

BMC Pediatr
. 2011 May 26;11(1):44.
Paper

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Globe calcification in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Surendrababu NR, Kuruvilla KA, Jana AK, Cherian R.
Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Jun;73(6):527-8.
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Drugs
         

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Sensorineural hearing loss due to Toxoplasma gondii in children: a case-control study.
Noorbakhsh S, Memari F, Farhadi M, Tabatabaei A. 
 
Clin Otolaryngol.
2008 Jun;33(3):269-73
Abstract
 
Breakthrough cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient receiving atovaquone prophylaxis after a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Megged O, Shalit I, Yaniv I, et al
Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Jan 8
Abstract
 
Population pharmacokinetics of pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine in children treated for congenital toxoplasmosis.
Corvaisier S, Charpiat B, Mounier C,
Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
2004 Oct;48(10):3794-800.
Abstract

Population pharmacokinetics of pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine in children with congenital toxoplasmosis.
Trenque T, Simon N, Villena I, et al
Br
Clin Pharmacol.
2004 Jun;57(6):735-41.
Abstract
 

  Treatment of subclinical congenital toxoplasmosis by sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine continuously during 1 year: apropos of 46 cases
Kieffer F, Thulliez P, Brezin A, et al.
Arch Pediatr 2002 Jan;9(1):7-13
Abstract

Prevention/Treatment Guidelines
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-exposed and infected children: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the Infectious
Diseases Society of America.

Mofenson LM, Oleske J, Serchuck L, et al
MMWR Dec 3, 2004 / 53(RR14);1-63
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