Asymmetric eye size in an infant
| Autor: | Joseph Vayalumkal, Brett D Edwards, Kevin Fonseca, Hong Yuan Zhou, Rupesh Chawla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Fetal death biology business.industry 030106 microbiology Toxoplasma gondii medicine.disease biology.organism_classification eye diseases Toxoplasmosis Congenital toxoplasmosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Pyrimethamine 030225 pediatrics medicine Clinical Case Report business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can |
| ISSN: | 2371-0888 |
| Popis: | Toxoplasmosis is an uncommon congenital infection in Canada, but one with potentially severe clinical manifestations, including fetal death. Neurologic and ocular manifestations are frequent in untreated disease; however, small eye size (microphthalmia) is a rare finding. This finding may be a marker of severe ocular disease. As universal screening does not occur in Canada, clinicians’ early recognition is imperative, particularly given the lack of risk factors in many patients and the benefit that treatment may have even in initially asymptomatic disease. Here, we report a case of congenital toxoplasmosis and review the diagnostics and treatment of the infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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