Contact us
 |
[email protected] |
 |
3275638434 |
 |
 |
| Paper Publishing WeChat |
Useful Links
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Article
Antenatal Acute Toxoplasmosis Diagnosis in First Trimester Pregnancy
Author(s)
Ersin Çintesun1, Mete Bertizlioğlu1, Uğur Arslan2 and Çetin Çelik1
Full-Text PDF
XML 1054 Views
DOI:10.17265/2328-7136/2017.06.006
Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Selcuk University, Konya 42030, Turkey
2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Selcuk University, Konya 42030, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Objectıves: Toxoplasmosis is a widely-distributed zoonosis that is caused by Toxoplasma
gondii protozoa. Toxoplasmosis is a high prevalence of unapparent infections, and when infected for
the first time during pregnancy, can present a temporary parasitemy with focal
lesions generated within the placenta, thereby infecting the fetus. Our aim in this study
is to evaluate the patients who have been diagnosed with new
toxoplasm in our hospital for six months. Methods: In our study, the
toxoplasma results of the first trimester pregnant patients who applied to our
polyclinic in the second half of 2016 were evaluated. A total of 391 cases were included in the study. Patients whose laboratory results
were not available or under-investigated were excluded from the study. In
our policlinic, toxoplasmosis IgM is primarily required in first trimester
pregnancies. If positive, IgG and avidity are desired.
Further investigation is carried out according to the avidity result. SPSS 22
and Microsoft Excel 2007 program were used in the analysis of our work. Results: A total of 8 (2%)
patients had positive toxoplasmosis IgM, 4 (1%) patients had high avidity, 1 (0.2%) patients had moderate
avidity, and 3 (0.7%) patients had low avidity. Conclusions: There is no consensus
on the screening of all pregnancies. Screening of all pregnancies is
recommended in places where the general view seroprevalence is high.
KEYWORDS
Acute toxoplamosis, pregnancy, infection.
Cite this paper
References