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3-D Imaging and Analysis of Neurons Infected In Vivo with Toxoplasma gondii
Published on: December 9, 2014
[Toxoplasmosis - the most common errors in diagnosis and treatment]
1Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Bulovka Prague, Czech Republic. marketa.geleneky@gmail.com
Abstract:
In common practice, toxoplasmosis may be a source of frequent diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. Three case reports are presented, illustrating the most frequent 'non-standard" situations resulting in erroneous interpretation of findings and therapeutic decisions. The first case was false or non-specific positivity of antibodies of several classes, leading to a heavy mental burden and wrong prenatal therapy in a pregnant patient. In the second case, persistent low IgG avidity was not interpreted in the context of other results, leading to a hasty decision to terminate the pregnancy. The third case report describes a wrong combination of therapy resulting in the development of numerous adverse effects in a young patient with repeated abortions.
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