Diagnosis and management of toxoplasmosis

Jose G Montoya; Fernando Rosso

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.011

Diagnosis and management of toxoplasmosis

Clin Perinatol. 2005 Sep;32(3):705-26. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.011.

Authors

Jose G Montoya¹, Fernando Rosso

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5107, USA. gilberto@standord.edu

PMID: 16085028
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.011

Abstract

This article discusses the diagnosis and management of toxoplasmosis. Congenital toxoplasmosis continues to be a tragic outcome of a preventable and treatable infection. Education of patients, physicians and health policy makers on the primary and secondary preventive measures of the disease, and their execution, will undoubtedly result in lower incidence, morbidity, and mortality rates from congenital disease due to Toxoplasma gondii.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan / analysis
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use*
DNA, Protozoan / analysis
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / drug therapy
Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
Toxoplasma / genetics
Toxoplasma / immunology
Toxoplasmosis* / diagnosis
Toxoplasmosis* / drug therapy
Toxoplasmosis* / transmission
Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / prevention & control

Substances

Antibodies, Protozoan
Antiprotozoal Agents
DNA, Protozoan