Congenital ocular toxoplasmosis in consecutive siblings

Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2022 Feb 14;85(6):625-628. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20220079. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii infection can cause ocular manifestations after acquired and congenital disease. We report two cases of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis with ocular involvement in non-twin siblings, with a 2-year interval between pregnancies. Vertical transmission of toxoplasmosis in successive pregnancies, which was once considered impossible, is now found to be plausible even in immunocompetent subjects.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Eye
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Pregnancy
  • Siblings
  • Toxoplasma*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital* / complications
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular* / complications