title: [Congenital taxoplasmosis in twins in own material].
abstract: Little is known about congenital toxoplasmosis in twins. As in singletons fetal infection occurs usually in mothers seroconverted during second or third trimester of pregnancy. Infection affects usually both siblings, but there is posible that one child is not infected, especially in dizygotic pregnancies. A distinct difference in clinical patterns between dizygotic and monozygotic twins is observed. In monozygotic pairs most often clinical course is similar, while in dizygotic twins discrepancies in clinical findings are frequent and marked. For almost thirty years of our own experience with congenital toxoplasmosis we observed only four pairs of twins with this intrauterine infection. All of them were dizygotic. In two pairs the clinical course was similar, and different in the other two.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Niemowleca, Instytutu Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warszawa.
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lipka
authors.forename: Bogumiła
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milewska-Bobula
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunin-Wasowicz
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kassur-Siemieńska
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Idzik
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szreter
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Witkowska-Vogtt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics