title: Activation of toxoplasma retinochoroiditis during pregnancy and evaluation of ocular findings in newborns.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients with activation of toxoplasma retinochoroiditis during pregnancy and ocular findings in newborns. A total of 17 pregnant patients who were clinically and serologically diagnosed with ocular toxoplasmosis were retrospectively reviewed. After birth, ocular findings for all infants were recorded. The mean age of the patients was 29.08 ± 5.71 years. In all cases, activation was present in only one eye. In 13 cases, anterior uveitis was associated with posterior uveitis. Visual acuity in all cases prior to treatment was 0.3 ± 0.21 and increased to 0.55 ± 0.29 after treatment. The mean gestational age of the patients was 19.76 ± 8.71 weeks at the time of hospital admission. No case of toxoplasmic ocular involvement was identified in the infants on postnatal examination. In the case of toxoplasma retinochoroiditis during pregnancy, appropriate treatment and follow-up is very important to protect the newborns and to prevent impaired vision in mothers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey. turkcufm@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fatih Mehmet
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Türkcü
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alparslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Şahin
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Çınar
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kürşat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cingü
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altındağ
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özcan
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Özkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Sur, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: İhsan
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Çaça
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D002829:Choroid / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D012160:Retina / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan
keywords: Chorioretinitis; Infant; Ocular; Pregnancy; Toxoplasmosis