Factors Associated with Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Belgrade, Serbia.

Toxoplasmosis, caused by the cosmopolitan protozoan , has particular implications during pregnancy due to the possible transmission of infection to the fetus. Very few studies have assessed seroprevalence and the risk factors for toxoplasmosis in healthy pregnant women. The aim of this study was to examine the seroprevalence of infection in healthy pregnant women and to identify the associated risk factors for toxoplasmosis.

Epidemiology of Toxoplasmosis in SERBIA: A Cross-Sectional Study on Blood Donors.

Toxoplasmosis is a globally distributed parasitic zoonosis, affecting approximately one third of the human population. Epidemiological studies on toxoplasmosis conducted in Serbia so far have been focused on women of childbearing age, without a clear insight into the prevalence in the general population. We conducted a cross-sectional study in a representative sample of the healthy adult population consisting of 1095 blood donors of both genders to establish the prevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection.

A successful outcome of pregnancy in a patient with congenital antithrombin deficiency.

Background: Presence of inherited thrombophilia is an additional risk factor for maternal thromboembolism and certain adverse pregnancy outcomes, including recurrent fetal loss, placental abruption, intrauterine growth restriction and early-onset severe preeclampsia. Pregnant women with thrombophilia, especially those with antithrombin (AT) deficiency, are at high risk of both kinds of complications.

Case Report: We presented a pregnant women with congenital antithrombin deficiency in the first pregnancy, whose mother had had four times pregnancy-related deep vein thrombosis, and antithrombin deficiency.

The use of D-dimer with new cutoff can be useful in diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy.

Objective: D-dimer testing has an important role in the exclusion of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the nonpregnant population. Establishing D-dimers role in the diagnosis of VTE in pregnancy is hampered because of the substantial increase of D-dimer throughout gestational age.

Study Design: In a prospective study we followed 89 healthy pregnant women to establish the reference range of D-dimer for each trimester.