title: [Infection by Toxoplasma gondii in children with infantile cerebral palsy].
abstract: An analytic relationship between positivity of the indirect immunofluorescent test (IIFT) for toxoplasmosis and clinical findings in a population of 328 children with cerebral infantile palsy (CIP) was performed. Children were distributed by age in one of four groups: I (0-2 years); II (3-6 years); III (7-12 years) and IV (13-18 years). One control group of 168 children with no PCI clinical findings was included. 125 sera were positive at 1:64 dilutions. The study of the binomial mother-child of 40 cases rendered 26 mothers with significant titer values. The majority of positive mothers to IIFT correlated with the youngest children (Groups I, II and III), mainly with group I (70.0%), which showed the highest titer ranges. Correlation between positive IIFT and clinical features was as high as 100.0%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina UNAM, México, D.F., México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Quiroz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fernández Presas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero Cabello
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruiz González
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez Barbabosa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000097:blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan
vernacular_title: Infección por Toxoplasma gondii en niños con parálisis cerebral infantil.