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       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Evaluation of the VITROS ECiQ immunodiagnostic system for detection of anti-Toxoplasma
Immunoglobulin Gand Immunoglobulin M antibodies for confirmatory testing of acute Toxoplasma
infection in pregnant women.
Kasper DC, Prusa AR, Hayde M, et al
 J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Nov 5
 Abstract
 
Materno-fetal Toxoplasma gondii infection: critical review of available diagnostic methods.
 Di Carlo P, Romano A, Schimmenti MG , et al
Infez Med. 2008 Mar;16(1):28-32.
 Abstract
 
Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis.
 Ciardelli L, Meroni V, Avanzini MA, et al  
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Feb;27(2):125-129.
 Abstract
 
Congenital toxoplasmosis: late pregnancy infections detected by neonatal screening
and maternal serological testing at delivery.
 Lago EG, Neto EC, Melamed J, et al
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;21(6):525-31.
 Abstract
 
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid using quantitative real-time PCR method.
Nagy B, Lazar L, Nagy G, Ban Z, Papp Z.
Orv Hetil. 2007 May 20;148(20):935-8.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Monitoring of pregnant women with toxoplasmosis in Public Health Services
Castilho-Pelloso MP, Falavigna DL,
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2005 Nov-Dec;38(6):532-3
 Paper
 
Clinical Validation of a Western Blot Assay for Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Newborn
Screening in a Hospital in Armenia (Quindio) Colombia.
 Gallego-Marin C, Henao AC, Gomez-Marin JE.
J Trop Pediatr. 2005 Jul 13;
 Abstract
 
Prediction of congenital toxoplasmosis by polymerase chain reaction analysis
of amniotic fluid.
Thalib L, Gras L, Romand S, Prusa A, ET AL
 BJOG. 2005 May;112(5):567-74
 Abstract
 
European multicenter study of the LIAISON automated diagnostic system for
determination of Toxoplasma gondii-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM
and the IgG avidity index.
 Petersen E, Borobio MV, Guy E
 J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Apr;43(4):1570-4. 
Abstract
 
Simultaneous determination of pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine and N-acetyl-sulfadiazine
in plasma for monitoring infants in treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis.
Johannessen JK, Christiansen I, Schmidt DR, et al
J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2005 Jan 4;36(5):1093-8.
Abstract
 
Diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis by two-dimensional immunoblot differentiation
of mother and child immunoglobulin g profiles.
Nielsen HV, Schmidt DR, Petersen E.
Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):711-5.
Abstract
 
Real-time quantitative PCR for toxoplasmosis diagnosis
Ordinaire I, Simon A, Frealle E, et al
Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2005 Jan-Feb;63(1):67-73.
 Abstract
 
PCR technique for detecting Toxoplasma gondii in animal amniotic fluid.
Wiengcharoen JT, Chiabchalard R, Sukthana Y.
 Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2004 Dec;35(4):792-5.
 Abstract
 
Strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of prenatal toxoplasmosis - a survey
Christoph J, Kattner E, Seitz HM
 Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2004 Feb;208(1):10-6.
 Abstract
 
Congenital toxoplasmosis: assessment of risk to newborns in confirmed
and uncertain maternal infection.
Mombro M, Perathoner C, Leone A, et al.
Eur J Pediatr. 2003 Jul 11
 Abstract
 
Fetal toxoplasmosis and negative amniocentesis: necessity of an ultrasound follow-up.
Gay-Andrieu F, Marty P, Pialat J, et al.
Prenat Diagn. 2003 Jul;23(7):558-60.
 
Diagnostic kits in parasitology: which controls?
Rossi P.
Parassitologia. 2004 Jun;46(1-2):145-9.
Abstract
 
Evaluation of a Commercial IgG/IgM Western Blot Assay for Early Postnatal Diagnosis of
Congenital Toxoplasmosis.
 Rilling V, Dietz K, Krczal D, Knotek F, Enders G.
 Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2003 Mar;22(3):174-80
Abstract
 
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis.
 Antsaklis A, Daskalakis G, Papantoniou N, et al.
 Prenat Diagn 2002 Dec;22(12):1107-11
Abstract
 
Automated time-resolved immunofluorometric assay for Toxoplasma gondii-specific IgM  
and IgA antibodies: study of more than 130,000 filter-paper blood-spot samples from
newborns.
 Sorensen T, Spenter J, Jaliashvili I, et al  
 Abstract
Prenatal toxoplasmosis diagnosis from amniotic fluid by PCR.
 Vidigal PV, Santos DV, Castro FC,
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2002 Jan-Feb;35(1):1-6
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Treatment
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Role of spiramycin/cotrimoxazole association in the mother-to-child transmission of toxoplasmosis
infection in pregnancy.
 Valentini P, Annunziata ML, Angelone DF, et al 
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 21.
Abstract
 
Outcome of Toxoplasmosis Acquired during Pregnancy following Treatment in Both
 Pregnancy and Early Infancy.
 Galanakis E, Manoura A, Antoniou M, et al 
Fetal Diagn Ther. 2007 Jul 24;22(6):444-448
Abstract
 
Prevention and treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis.
 Petersen E. 
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007 Apr;5(2):285-93
 Abstract
Biases in observational studies of the effect of prenatal treatment for congenital toxoplasmosis
 Thiebaut R, Leroy V, Alioum A, Binquet C, et al 
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2006 Jan 1;124(1):3-9.
 Abstract  
 
Treatment of infants with congenital toxoplasmosis: tolerability and plasma concentrations
of sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine.
 Schmidt DR, Hogh B, Andersen O, et al   
Abstract  
 
Prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: Knowledge of risk factors.
 Kravetz JD, Federman DG.
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep;13(3):161-5.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Preventing congenital toxoplasmosis.
Lopez A, Dietz VJ, Wilson M, Navin TR, Jones JL.
MMWR Recomm Rep. 2000 Mar 31;49(RR-2):59-68.
 Paper
 
Prevention of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy--an epidemiologic survey over 22
consecutive years.
Breugelmans M, Naessens A, Foulon W.
J Perinat Med. 2004;32(3):211-4.
 Abstract
 
Strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of prenatal toxoplasmosis - a survey
Christoph J, Kattner E, Seitz HM
 Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2004 Feb;208(1):10-6.
 Abstract
 
Sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine in the postnatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis:
what are the options?
Petersen E, Schmidt DR.
 Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2003 Jun;1(1):175-82.
 Abstract
 
Ophthalmic outcomes after prenatal and postnatal treatment of congenital
toxoplasmosis.
 Brezin AP, Thulliez P, Couvreur J, et al
 Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jun;135(6):779-84.
Abstract

Treatment of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: concentrations of spiramycin and neospiramycin
in maternal serum and amniotic fluid.
 Gratzl R, Sodeck G, Platzer P,
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 Jan;21(1):12-6
 Abstract

Toxoplasma infections in early pregnancy: consequences and management
 Wallon M, Gaucherand P, Al Kurdi M, Peyron F.
 J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 2002 Sep;31(5):478-84
 Abstract

Congenital toxoplasmosis: prevention in the pregnant woman and management
of the neonate
 Pelloux H, Fricker-Hidalgo H, Pons JC, et al.
Arch Pediatr 2002 Feb;9(2):206-12
 Abstract
Effect of prenatal treatment on the risk of intracranial and ocular lesions in children with
congenital toxoplasmosis.
 Gras L, Gilbert RE, Ades AE, Dunn DT.
 Int J Epidemiol 2001 Dec;30(6):1309-13
 Abstract

  

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Congenital toxoplasmosis: systematic review of evidence of efficacy in treatment
in pregnancy
Wallon M, Liou C, Garner P, Peyron F
{9th International Cochrane Colloquium 2001}
Abstract		  
Case Reports/Studies/Literature Reviews
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Reinfection during Pregnancy: Case Report, Strain Characterization,
Experimental Model of Reinfection, and Review.
Elbez-Rubinstein A, Ajzenberg D, et al 
J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 25.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Toxoplasmosis during pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature.
Giannoulis C, Zournatzi B, Giomisi A,, et al   
Hippokratia. 2008 Jul;12(3):139-43
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Suspected acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women.
Castilho-Pelloso MP, Falavigna DL, Falavigna-Guilherme AL.
Rev Saude Publica. 2007 Feb;41(1):27-34.
Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Globe calcification in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Surendrababu NR, Kuruvilla KA, Jana AK, Cherian R.  
Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Jun;73(6):527-8.
 Paper
 
Maternal toxoplasmosis before conception and chorioretinitis in twin sister
Boumahni B, Randrianivo H, Flodrops H, et al
 J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2004 May;33(3):248-50
 Abstract
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Toxoplasmosis transmitted to a newborn from the mother infected 20 years earlier.
 Silveira C, Ferreira R, Muccioli C, et al.
Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Aug;136(2):370-1.
 Abstract
 
Toxoplasmic myositis as a presenting manifestation of idiopathic CD4lymphocytopenia.
 Plonquet A, Bassez G, Authier FJ, et al.
Muscle Nerve. 2003 Jun;27(6):761-5.
 Abstract
 
Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in an HIV Infected Pregnant Woman: Successful Outcome for
Both Mother and Child.
Andries Nogueira S, Guedes AL, et al.
Braz J Infect Dis 2002 Aug;6(4):201-5
 Abstract
 

 

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