title: Chorioretinitis in infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this review is to present cases of chorioretinitis in infants caused by viral and parasitic infections.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four infants with viral chorioretinitis were identified in a routine ophthalmological examination. Laboratory tests towards bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Toxoplasmosis, rubella, and CMV infections were diagnosed in clinical and laboratory tests. After a wide spectrum of therapy a total remission of inflammatory process in all the discussed children was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Posterior uveitis is an ocular complication which can be connected with viral or parasitic infections in postnatal period. Prematurity, normal delivery, intrauterine transmission, breast feeding, comorbid diseases might be associated with chorioretinitis in infants.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of Ophthalmology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. monika_modrzej@op.pl
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modrzejewska
authors.forename: Ewelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lachowicz
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karczewicz
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zdanowska
mesh_terms: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017726:Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012409:Rubella / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M