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Toxoplasmosis
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Basics
Description
Description
- Toxoplasma gondii – intracellular protozoan parasite:
- 3 forms:
- Tachyzoite: Asexual invasive form
- Tissue cyst: Persists in tissues of infected hosts during chronic phase
- Oocyst: Contains sporozoites and produced during sexual cycle in cat intestine
- 3 forms:
- Transmission:
- Ingesting tissue cysts or oocysts:
- Ingesting undercooked meat
- Vegetables contaminated with oocysts
- Contact with cat feces, through cat or soil
- Transplacental
- Blood product
- Organ transplantation
- Ingesting tissue cysts or oocysts:
Etiology
Etiology
- 70% of adults seropositive
- Asymptomatic in most immunocompetent patients
- Worldwide; cats are the common host
- Incubation is 7 d with a range of 4–21 d
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Basics
Description
Description
- Toxoplasma gondii – intracellular protozoan parasite:
- 3 forms:
- Tachyzoite: Asexual invasive form
- Tissue cyst: Persists in tissues of infected hosts during chronic phase
- Oocyst: Contains sporozoites and produced during sexual cycle in cat intestine
- 3 forms:
- Transmission:
- Ingesting tissue cysts or oocysts:
- Ingesting undercooked meat
- Vegetables contaminated with oocysts
- Contact with cat feces, through cat or soil
- Transplacental
- Blood product
- Organ transplantation
- Ingesting tissue cysts or oocysts:
Etiology
Etiology
- 70% of adults seropositive
- Asymptomatic in most immunocompetent patients
- Worldwide; cats are the common host
- Incubation is 7 d with a range of 4–21 d
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Toxoplasmosis." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307067/all/Toxoplasmosis.
Toxoplasmosis. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307067/all/Toxoplasmosis. Accessed March 28, 2023.
Toxoplasmosis. (2016). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307067/all/Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. [cited 2023 March 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307067/all/Toxoplasmosis.
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