Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in ocular and ganglionar toxoplasmosis and the effect of therapeutics for prevention of ocular involvement in South American setting

Introduction: Cases of toxoplasmosis present in South America tend to be more severe than that found in other continents. Here, we present our clinical experience of ocular and ganglionar toxoplasmosis in the use of PCR, and of the treatment to prevent ocular involvement. Methodology: Retrospective...

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2018
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23697
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.01.013
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23697
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Clindamycin
Cotrimoxazole
Immunoglobulin g
Immunoglobulin m
Prednisolone
Pyrimethamine
Pyrimethamine plus sulfadoxine
Sulfadoxine
Sulfamethoxazole
Trimethoprim
Developing world
Disease treatment
Epidemiology
Eye disease
Infectious disease
Polymerase chain reaction
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
American
Article
Asymptomatic disease
Best corrected visual acuity
Blood analysis
Blurred vision
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Child
Chill
Chorioretinitis
Colombia
Comparative study
Consultation
Controlled study
Diarrhea
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
Epiretinal membrane
Female
Fever
Follow up
Ganglionar toxoplasmosis
Human
Iridotomy
Lymphadenitis
Lymphadenopathy
Major clinical study
Male
Medical history
Ocular toxoplasmosis
Ophthalmoscopy
Optic disk
Personal experience
Physical examination
Polymerase chain reaction
Primary prevention
Retina detachment
Retina macula cystoid edema
Retinitis
Retrospective study
Sequence analysis
Symptom
Toxoplasma
Treatment duration
Tropical medicine
Very elderly
Visual acuity
Vitreous body detachment
Vitritis
Vomiting
Ganglion cyst
Genetics
Isolation and purification
Lymphadenitis
Middle aged
Ocular toxoplasmosis
Parasitology
Polymerase chain reaction
Procedures
Colombia
Adult
Colombia
Female
Ganglion cysts
Humans
Lymphadenitis
Male
Middle aged
Polymerase chain reaction
Retrospective studies
Toxoplasma
Colombia
Ocular toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmic lymphadenitis
Uveitis
ocular
Toxoplasmosis
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