Delayed onset of severe neonatal toxoplasmosis

J Perinatol. 2010 Mar;30(3):231-2. doi: 10.1038/jp.2009.184.

Abstract

We report a case of severe neonatal infection on day 6 of life due to Toxoplasma gondii mimicking septic shock syndrome associated with multiple organ failure such as acute respiratory distress syndrome with persistent pulmonary hypertension, neurological distress, thrombocytopenia with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and transaminitis. Clinicians facing an unexplained life-threatening condition in the first week of life should take into consideration the possibility of neonatal toxoplasmosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Septic / drug therapy
  • Shock, Septic / parasitology*
  • Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / complications*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Pyrimethamine