title: The ocular manifestations of congenital infections produced by toxoplasma and cytomegalovirus.
abstract: Chorioretinitis is the most common ocular manifestation of congenital toxoplasmosis occurring in both symptomatic and the more freqeunt subclinical form of the disease. Chorioretinitis also occurs in symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) but not in the subclinical form of this congenital congenital infection. Diagnosis cannot be made from ocular signs alone. Knowledge of the epidemiology of both congenital infections along with information about the postnatal history will assist in the differentiation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000209:etiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications*