Incidence and clinical characteristics in a Colombian cohort of ocular toxoplasmosis

A. De-La-Torre; C. A. López-Castillo; J. E. Gómez-Marín

doi:10.1038/eye.2008.219

Incidence and clinical characteristics in a Colombian cohort of ocular toxoplasmosis

Título traducido de la contribución: Incidencia y características clínicas en una cohorte colombiana de toxoplasmosis ocular

A. De-La-Torre
, C. A. López-Castillo
, J. E. Gómez-Marín

Grupo de Investigación en Salud Pública

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Objetivo: evaluar la incidencia y las características clínicas de los pacientes con toxoplasmosis ocular en una cohorte colombiana. Métodos: Recolectamos prospectivamente las características clínicas de los pacientes con toxoplasmosis ocular observados en el centro de salud de la Universidad del Quindio entre septiembre de 2005 y septiembre de 2007 (24 meses). Resultados Se incluyeron 70 pacientes en el análisis (95 ojos afectados). La mediana de edad en el primer episodio fue de 21 años (rango: 1-54 años). Treinta y dos pacientes tenían lesiones activas (45.7%), uno de ellos tenía lesiones activas en ambos ojos. La adquisición de la infección se determinó en 14 pacientes como congénita (20%), en siete como una infección postnatal adquirida (10%) y en 49 como indeterminada (70%). La afectación bilateral se encontró en 25 casos (35.7%). La ceguera legal unilateral (20/200) se encontró en 14 de 37 casos inactivos (37.8%). La complicación más frecuente fue el estrabismo (n: 12; 13,4%). Conclusiones Existe una alta incidencia de casos de toxoplasmosis ocular en la región de Quindio (tres nuevos episodios por 100 000 habitantes por año). Las características clínicas de la toxoplasmosis ocular en Colombia son similares a las reportadas en otras regiones, pero no existen datos comparativos sobre el tamaño y el número de lesiones

Título traducido de la contribución	Incidencia y características clínicas en una cohorte colombiana de toxoplasmosis ocular
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1090-1093
Número de páginas	4
Publicación	Eye
Volumen	23
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2008.219
Estado	Publicada - may 1 2009

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