CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS - REPORT OF AN ATYPICAL CASE IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Keywords:
toxoplasmosis, congenital, newbornAbstract
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR THE
NEWBORN, ESPECIALLY IN THE BRAIN AND EYES. THE PROTOZOAN CAUSING THE DISEASE CROSSES THE
PLACENTAL BARRIER IN ABOUT 40% OF CASES. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PERFORM A COMPLETE PRENATAL
CARE DURING PREGNANCY TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS TO THE FETUS RELATED TO TOXOPLASMOSIS.
OBJECTIVE: TO REPORT A CASE OF CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS IN NEWBORNS WITH NEUROLOGICAL
COMPLICATIONS, ANEMIA AND PNEUMONIA. CASE REPORT: 36-WEEK-OLD PATIENT, DIAGNOSIS OF
CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS EVOLVED WITH CHRONIC NEUROPATHY, PNEUMONIA, AND ANEMIA. SHE WAS
HOSPITALIZED IN THE ICU, RESPONDED WELL TO TREATMENT AND WAS DISCHARGED. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS:
DESPITE INSUFFICIENT PRENATAL CARE PERFORMED BY THE MOTHER, THE PATIENT WAS ABLE TO BE FOLLOWED
CLINICALLY IN TIME, RESPONDED WELL TO TREATMENT AND COULD BE CURED. IT IS ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT THE
PRESENCE OF CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS SHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF THE
SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN THIS STUDY, BECAUSE THE CONDITION DISORDER MAY, IN SOME PATIENTS, RAPIDLY
EVOLVE TO DEATH
KEYWORDS: TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONGENITAL; NEWBORN.
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