Ocular toxoplasmosis

✍ Scribed by Khalid F. Tabbara

• Book ID: 104650444
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 216 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-5701
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00163555

✦ Synopsis

Toxoplasmosis is a common infection of man and animals. The disease is widespread in nature and has a worldwide distribution. The infection is caused by the organism Toxoplasma gondii which was first isolated by Nicolle and Manceaux in Tunis from a North African rodent. The disease can be congenital or acquired with a variety of clinical manifestations that may range from a subclinical course to a generalized infection with fatal outcome. The ocular manifestations of the disease include sudden onset of floaters with blurring of vision. Toxoplasmosis causes a localized necrotizing retinitis with inflammation of the subjacent choroid. The retina sustains the primary injury and the major damage.