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Latest Advances in Toxoplasmosis

Latest Advances

Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) Prophylaxis in Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Patients
  • Journal: BMC infectious diseases
  • Treatment Used: Intravenous Pentamidine (IVP)
  • Number of Patients: 187
  • Published —
This study evaluated the effectiveness and tolerability of intravenous pentamidine (IVP) prophylaxis for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in patients who had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: HIV and Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
  • Journal: Antiviral research
  • Treatment Used: Sulfadiazine-Pyrimethamine and Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF)
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This case study discusses a patient with HIV (infection affecting the immune system transmitted by contact with infected body fluids) who was admitted to the hospital with cerebral toxoplasmosis (an opportunistic, parasitic infection of the brain often associated with HIV/AIDS) and treated with bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (a fixed dose combination drug for the treatment of HIV/AIDS; BIC/FTC/TAF) to analyze the effects of this treatment on patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: HIV-infected patients presenting with acute AIDS-defining events
  • Journal: AIDS research and therapy
  • Treatment Used: Immediate versus deferred antiretroviral therapy
  • Number of Patients: 61
  • Published —
The study compared immediate versus delayed antiretroviral treatment (anti-HIV medication) for HIV-infected patients presenting with acute AIDS-defining events.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Severe Ocular Toxoplasmosis
  • Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia
  • Treatment Used: Intravitreal Clindamycin
  • Number of Patients: 0
  • Published —
This study presented a bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis in a sulfamide allergic patient with unilateral activation.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Toxoplasma Gondii-Induced Brachial Plexus Neuropathy after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloHSCT)
  • Journal: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
  • Treatment Used: 6 Weeks Pyrimethamine, Sulfadiazine, and Levofolinic Acid
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This case report discusses a patient with acute myeloid leukemiadiagnosed with brachial plexus neuropathy, induced by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) 17 days after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT).
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Ocular Toxoplasmosis Including Pregnant Women
  • Journal: Current opinion in infectious diseases
  • Treatment Used: Anti-Toxoplasma Therapy
  • Number of Patients: 0
  • Published —
This review discussed available information on the effectiveness of anti-toxoplasma therapy for ocular toxoplasmosis to provide clinicians with a practical approach to the disease.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Necrotizing Retinitis with Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Ocular Fluid
  • Journal: Ocular immunology and inflammation
  • Treatment Used: Intravitreal Methotrexate Injection
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This case report describes a patient with necrotizing retinitis with Epstein-Barr virus-positive ocular fluid that was treated using intravitreal methotrexate injection.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Ocular Toxoplasmosis (OT)
  • Journal: Ocular immunology and inflammation
  • Treatment Used: Trimethoprim plus Sulfamethoxazole followed by Pyrimethamine plus Sulfadiazine
  • Number of Patients: 1200
  • Published —
This chart review evaluated the effectiveness of treatments for ocular toxoplasmosis (parasitic eye infection; OT).
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Cataract Surgery for Eyes with Small Pupils
  • Journal: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
  • Treatment Used: Canabrava Ring
  • Number of Patients: 29
  • Published —
This study evaluated the outcomes of the first cataract surgeries performed with a new disposable, injector-free, small-pupil expansion device.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Prenatal Toxoplasmosis
  • Journal: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
  • Treatment Used: Prenatal Therapy with Pyrimethamine plus Sulfadiazine vs. Spiramycin
  • Number of Patients: 143
  • Published —
This study compared the effectiveness and tolerance of pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine vs spiramycin to reduce placental transmission of toxoplasmosis (parasitic infection).
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Premature Infants With Parenteral Nutrition-associated Cholestasis
  • Journal: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  • Treatment Used: copper suppmentation
  • Number of Patients: 24
  • Published —
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of intermittent parenteral copper supplementation on serum copper status and biochemical and hematological measures of copper toxicity and deficiency in premature infants with parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Fanconi Anemia
  • Journal: Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • Treatment Used: Haploidentical Bone Marrow plus post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-CY)
  • Number of Patients: 60
  • Published —
This study evaluated the effects of haploidentical bone marrow transplantation plus post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-CY) in patients with Fancoi anemia.
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