Introducción: La toxoplasmosis causada por el Toxoplasma gondii se transmite a los humanos de manera transplacentaria, entre otras. Se estima que infecta a un tercio de la población mundial y está asociado con infección congénita y abortos. Solo son sintomáticos del 10 al 20% de los casos.
Caso clínico: Se presenta el caso de un recién nacido pretérmino referido a un hospital de mayor complejidad. Durante la hospitalización se realiza el diagnóstico de toxoplasmosis congénita con diversas manifestaciones sistémicas.
Conclusiones: La mayor parte de los casos de toxoplasmosis congénita suelen ser asintomáticos. Es necesario realizar pruebas diagnósticas y un examen físico completo ante la sospecha de la infección para detectar tempranamente todas las manifestaciones posibles. / Background: Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is transmitted to humans in several
ways, such as transplacental spread. It is estimated that this parasite infects a third of the world
population and it is associated with congenital infection and fetal loss. Only 10 to 20% of the
cases are symptomatic.
Case report: We present the case of a pre-term newborn that had been referred to a tertiary
care center. During the in-hospital period, diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis with many
systemic manifestations was performed.
Conclusions: Most cases of congenital toxoplasmosis are asymptomatic. Diagnosis tests and a
complete physical examination should be performed on all newborns with suspicion of infection
to detect all possible manifestations as in the case reported.
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| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/566973 |
| Date | 13 August 2015 |
| Creators | Beltrán Flores, Santiago, Flores Arriaga, Joel, Lema Correa, Mauricio |
| Publisher | Hospital Infantil de México |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-boletin-medico-del-hospital-infantil-201-articulo-congenital-toxoplasmosis-90430459 |
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