Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Controversies in Primary and Secondary Prevention.

J Neuroinfect Dis

Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

Published: January 2013

Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of posterior uveitis in the United States and worldwide. It commonly follows a relapsing course with the potential for multiple adverse visual sequelae and, rarely, blindness. Both immune-competent and immune-suppressed populations can develop severe relapsing disease. There is considerable debate regarding the initial treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis in both groups, with multiple antiparasitic agents commonly used with little evidence to support any particular regimen. The precise role of corticosteroids in treatment also has yet to be rigorously defined. Secondary prevention is commonly implemented in the immune suppressed population, but there is a lack of level one evidence to support its role in immune-competent patients, though it warrants future investigation.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874278PMC

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