title: Fetal diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in 190 women infected during pregnancy.
abstract: One hundred and ninety women who contracted toxoplasmosis after the seventh week of pregnancy underwent antenatal diagnosis, including ultrasound examination and biological tests. Tests included Toxoplasma isolation in fetal blood and amniotic fluid by mouse inoculation, specific IgM and IgA in fetal blood, and non-specific tests. Twenty fetuses had positive specific as well as non-specific tests for Toxoplasma infection. At birth, four of these presented with clinical congenital toxoplasmosis and 12 with subclinical forms. Antenatal diagnosis enabled the detection of 83 per cent of the infected fetuses. Under specific conditions, cordocentesis permits early diagnosis and considerably reduces the number of terminations of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boulot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Issert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Msika
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bachelard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarda
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Viala
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jarry
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*