Cutaneous Manifestations of Toxoplasmosis

Mawhorter, Steven D.; Effron, David; Blinkhorn, Richard; Spagnuolo, Philip J.

doi:10.1093/clinids/14.5.1084

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“…However, some patients may develop fever, malaise, chills, sweats, headaches or myalgias. Reviews reveal an incidence of cutaneous toxoplasmosis <10% with a great variability of the skin lesions [7]. Vidal et al [8] described a case of 16-year-old male patient after a stem cell transplantation which developed a subtle papular, erythematous rash erupted over his back and chest.…”

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Acute Toxoplasmosis Mimicking Melanoma Metastases: Review of Conditions Causing False-Positive Results on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT

Ivanova

Glatz²,

Zippelius³

et al. 2012

Dermatology

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Invasive malignant melanoma is the most common fatal form of skin cancer. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography demonstrates a very high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of melanoma metastases. Here, we report an unusual case of toxoplasma lymphadenitis in a male adult patient mimicking a malignant cervical lymphadenopathy. Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent hosts.

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Acute Toxoplasmosis Mimicking Melanoma Metastases: Review of Conditions Causing False-Positive Results on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT

Ivanova

Glatz²,

Zippelius³

et al. 2012

Dermatology

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“…Systems which survey symptomatic toxoplamosis in the general population are of least interest because it is impossible to distinguish congenital from acquired toxoplasmosis without data on the serological status during pregnancy or at birth [9]. Furthermore, the vast majority of acquired toxoplasmosis infections in healthy individuals are benign and the proportion of asymptomatic cases is estimated to be 70% [10][11][12][13].…”

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Survey of European programmes for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis

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The objective of this investigation was to describe systems for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis implemented in European countries. In September 2004, a questionnaire, adapted from the evaluation criteria published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was sent to a panel of national correspondents in 35 countries in the European geographical area with knowledge of the epidemiological surveillance systems implemented in their countries. Where necessary, we updated the information until July 2007. Responses were received from 28 countries. Some 16 countries reported routine surveillance for toxoplasmosis. In 12 countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England and Wales, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Scotland and Slovakia), surveillance was designed to detect only symptomatic toxoplasmosis, whether congenital or not. Four countries reported surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis, on a regional basis in Italy and on a national basis in Denmark, France and Germany. In conclusion, epidemiological surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis needs to be improved in order to determine the true burden of disease and to assess the effectiveness of and the need for existing prevention programmes.

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“…But it can be seen in the entire body, except in the palmoplantar region and face. The skin findings of toxoplasmosis are very varied: the dermatological lesions are reported as roseola, erythema multiforme [80], papular urticaria [80,84], urticarial, hemorrhagic eruptions, formation of nodules and bullae [81,82] on palms, soles, hands, legs, trunk, face and chest [83,84]. Jeffrey and Pollock have shown a 12-year-old boy patient with dermatomyositis and polymyositis and offered to use sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine, and folinic acid for treatment [85].…”

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Toxoplasmosis and Public Health Genomics

Oymak¹,

Merve²,

Sevilay³

et al. 2017

Toxoplasmosis

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Toxoplasma gondii infection generally causes flu-like symptoms in healthy individuals; however, immunosuppression of the infected individual causes reactivation of the pathogen to its active form and relapse of the toxoplasmosis. Today it is known that toxoplasmosis triggers psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia as well as behavioral changes such as suicide attempts. Although dermatological manifestations are very rare, the dermatological lesions are not unique. In addition, previous toxoplasma infection also causes congenital infections because of placental infection and causes birth defects and spontaneous abortion. T. gondii strains are mainly divided into three main clonal lineages, yet higher recombination rate causes unusual population structure and heterogeneous distribution of the pathogen. Both genetic variations, of the pathogen and the patients, are important for virulence property and success of the therapies. The scientist focuses on the genetic variations of the pathogens and individuals to achieve effective treatment and developed tailor-made medicines. Thus, understanding the molecular basis of the disease and the link of molecular mechanism with host immunity is important to fully know the disease and related disorders. In this chapter, we would like to evaluate the current knowledge on genetic, molecular characteristics of toxoplasmosis in view of public health genomics.

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Cutaneous Manifestations of Toxoplasmosis

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

Acute Toxoplasmosis Mimicking Melanoma Metastases: Review of Conditions Causing False-Positive Results on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT

Acute Toxoplasmosis Mimicking Melanoma Metastases: Review of Conditions Causing False-Positive Results on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT

Survey of European programmes for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis and Public Health Genomics

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