Toxoplasma gondii-associated Placentitis in the absence of maternal seroconversion.

ABSTRACT: Severe granulomatous chronic villitis with focal remnants of Toxoplasma was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and DNA-based methods in the placenta from a child that died four days after birth. The immunocompetent mother was seronegative for Toxoplasma at delivery and 10 months later. Placental infection may happen without maternal systemic infection.

SUBMITTER: Stensvold CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672959 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature