Toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised population of Constanţa, Romania

Abstract

Abstract We analyzed a total of 412 adult patients diagnosed with toxoplasmosis in the Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital Constanta between 01Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2015. Of these patients, 82.03% were from urban area, 74% female, majority aged 30-48 years. 3.15% were diagnosed with HIV infection (13 patients), in four of these patients, toxoplasmosis was the primary clinical manifestation. The most common clinical manifestation in nonHIV infected patients was painless cervical adenopathy (106 patients), 49 patients had associated infection with Toxocara and in HIV infected patients prevailed cerebral toxoplasmosis (toxoplasmic encephalitis, with or without focal CNS lesions). 59 pregnant women (6 with acute infection and 53 with chronic infection) were followed during pregnancy. Reporting the number of cases of toxoplasma infection in Constanta population (254.693 inhabitants), we obtain a prevalence of 161.76 cases/100.000 inhabitants. Most of the patients were female and their supervision is required for possible implications in pregnancy. We believe that Toxoplasma infection is underdiagnosed in our county.