A woman who becomes infected with Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy may transmit the parasite to her fetus, resulting in congenital toxoplasmosis.
Clinical features of congenital toxoplasmosis may include:
(1) intrauterine demise with abortion
(2) premature delivery
(3) intrauterine growth retardation
(4) failure to thrive
(5) unilateral or bilateral chorioretinitis with blindness (if untreated after delivery)
(6) micro-ophthalmia
(7) mental retardation
(8) seizures
(9) microcephaly
(10) hydrocephalus
(11) hypotonia
(12) cerebral calcifications
(13) pneumonitis
(14) hepatosplenomegaly with jaundice
(15) thrombocytopenia
(16) anemia
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
