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General Reports
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

 
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

 
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
 Abstract
 
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 children
infected 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

 
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
Abstract
Case Studies
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries     

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Globe calcification in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Surendrababu NR, Kuruvilla KA, Jana AK, Cherian R.  I
ndian J Pediatr. 2006 Jun;73(6):527-8.
 Paper
 
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 alBr
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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