Patients with diffuse uveitis and inactive toxoplasmic retinitis lesions test PCR positive for Toxoplasma gondii in their vitreous and blood

Eduardo A Novais; Alessandra G Commodaro; Fábio Santos; Cristina Muccioli; André Maia; Heloisa Nascimento; Cecilia T A Moeller; Luiz V Rizzo; Michael E Grigg; Rubens Belfort

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304184

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Patients with diffuse uveitis and inactive toxoplasmic retinitis lesions test PCR positive for Toxoplasma gondii in their vitreous and blood

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Eduardo A Novais Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alessandra G Commodaro Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fábio Santos Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cristina Muccioli Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
André Maia Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heloisa Nascimento Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cecilia T A Moeller Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Luiz V Rizzo Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael E Grigg Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rubens Belfort Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Eduardo Amorim Novais, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 816, São Paulo/SP 04023-062, Brazil; eduardo{at}novais.md

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Novais EA, Commodaro AG, Santos F, et al

Patients with diffuse uveitis and inactive toxoplasmic retinitis lesions test PCR positive for Toxoplasma gondii in their vitreous and blood

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2014;98:937-940.

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Received August 19, 2013
Revised January 7, 2014
Accepted January 18, 2014
First published February 11, 2014.

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March 22, 2016

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