Ocular toxoplasmosis: a review of the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 295 - 321
• Main Authors: Kalogeropoulos, Dimitrios, Sakkas, Hercules, Mohammed, Bashar, Vartholomatos, Georgios, Malamos, Konstantinos, Sreekantam, Sreekanth, Kanavaros, Panagiotis, Kalogeropoulos, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Chorioretinitis - diagnosis; Chorioretinitis - drug therapy; Climate change; Congenital diseases; Corticoids; Corticosteroids; Cysts; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Diagnostic systems; DNA; Epidemiology; Etiology; Eye; Health sciences; Health services; Humans; Infections; Laboratories; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Ophthalmology; Parasites; Pathogenesis; Retinochoroiditis; Review; Search engines; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - diagnosis; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - drug therapy; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - epidemiology; Uveitis; Uveitis, Posterior; Vitreous humor; Vitreous humour; Ocular toxoplasmosis; Posterior uveitis; Retinochoroiditis; Toxoplasma gondii

Purpose This review aims to summarize the current knowledge concerning the clinical features, diagnostic work-up and therapeutic approach of ocular toxoplasmosis focusing mainly on the postnatally acquired form of the disease. Methods A meticulous literature search was performed in the PubMed databa...