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Onset of ocular complications in congenital toxoplasmosis associated with immunoglobulin M antibodies toToxoplasma gondii

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Four patients with congenital toxoplasmosis serologically diagnosed by the Sabin-Feldman test (SFT) and the IgM-indirect fluorescent antibody test (IgM-IFAT) in the first year of life presented with eye disease between the age of 21 months and ten years. Repeated serological testing revealed increasing levels of specific antibodies as measured by the SFT. IgM antibodies toToxoplasma gondii were detected in all four patients by the immunosorbent agglutination assay, in two by the IgM-IFAT and in three by the IgM-indirect haemagglutination test. Findings suggest that specific IgM antibodies reappear at the time of reactivation of congenital toxoplasmosis later in life, or possibly persist for an extraordinary long period (up to ten years).

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Institute for Medical Research, Bulevar JNA 10/II, PO Box 721, 11001, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

    D. Šibalić, O. Djurković-Djaković & B. Bobić

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Šibalić, D., Djurković-Djaković, O. & Bobić, B. Onset of ocular complications in congenital toxoplasmosis associated with immunoglobulin M antibodies toToxoplasma gondii . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 671–674 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964270

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