[Ocular toxoplasmosis developed after liver transplantation]

Mikrobiyol Bul. 2012 Oct;46(4):702-6.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Ocular toxoplasmosis after solid organ transplantation occurs usually within the first three months of primary infection or reactivation of latent infection. There are a few reports of ocular toxoplasmosis following liver transplantation in the literature, however, no reports were detected in the national data. In this report a 35-year-old female patient diagnosed as ocular toxoplasmosis following reactivation in the second year after liver transplantation, was presented. The case was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and clindamycin. This case was presented to emphasize late presentation of toxoplasmosis in transplantation patients and to withdraw attention to the importance of serological investigations done before transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Recurrence
  • Time Factors
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / diagnosis
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / drug therapy
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / etiology*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Clindamycin
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination