This document provides an overview of Toxoplasmosis, including its history, morphology, lifecycle, transmission, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Some key points are:
- Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which was first discovered and named in 1908 after being isolated from the tissues of a rodent in Africa.
- It has both active replicating forms (tachyzoites) and dormant tissue cyst forms (bradyzoites) that can reactivate. Transmission occurs via ingestion of infected tissues or contaminated food, water, or soil.
- In immunocompetent individuals
3. SIR HENRY NICOLLE
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII DISCOVERED AND
NAMED BY CHARLES JULES HENRY NICOLLE
(1866-1936) AND MONCEAUX IN 1908.
AN INTRACELLULAR PARASITE WAS ISOLATED
FROM THE LIVER AND SPLEEN OF A WILD
AFRICAN RODENT CTENODACTYLUS GONDII.
A YEAR LATER THEY CALLED IT TOXOPLASMA
GONDII BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHED SHAPE (TOXON:
ARCH) AND BECAUSE OF THE COMMON NAME IN
WHICH IT WAS FOUND, THE GONDII.
7. TACHYZOITES
ACTIVELY M U LT I P LY I N G F O R M
CRESCENT SHAPE SEEN IN ACUTE
INFECTION
INFECT ALL THE NUCLEATED
M A M M A L I A N CELLS
INSIDE THE HOST CELL, THE
TACHYZOITES ARE S U R RO U N DE D BY
A VACUOLE - ASEXUAL
M U LT I P L I C AT I O N OCCURS -
ROSETTES
8. BRADYZOITES
RESTING STAGE OF THE PARASITE
SEEN IN C H RO N I C INFECTIONS
MOST C O M M O N SITE IS MUSCLES
A N D BRAIN
INSIDE THE CYST - SLOWLY
M U LT I P LY I N G TROPHOZOITES
ARE CALLED AS BRADYZOITES
9. OOCYST
SEXUAL F O R M OF THE PARASITE F O U N D
O N LY IN CATS A N D FELINES
11. TRANSMISSION
INGESTION OF SPO RU LA TED O O C YSTS FRO M C O N TA M IN A TED
SOIL, F O O D OR WATER
INGESTION OF TISSUE CYST C O N TA I N I N G BRADYZOITES F RO M
U N D E RC O O K E D MEAT
BY BL O O D TRA N SFU SIO N , N EED LE STIC K IN JU RIES, O RG A N
TRANSPL ANTATION
TRANSPLACENTRAL TRANSMISSION
LABORATORY ACCIDENTS (
TACHYZOITES IN BLOOD)
13. PATHOGENESIS
FORMATION OF TACHYZOITES MULTIPLY AND DISSEMINATION
LYMPHATIC TISSUE-FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA
SKELETAL MUSCLE
MYOCARDIUM-FOCAL NECROSIS (MUSCLE CYSTS)
RETINA ,CHOROID-GRANULOMATOUS LESION
LUNGS-INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
CNS NECROSIS AND MICROGLIAL NODULES
OTHER ORGANS-PANCREATITIS,GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
14. IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT INDIVIDUALS,IMMUNE MECHANISMS LIKE
MACROPHAGES,CD8+ CELLS,NK CELLS,INTERFERON GAMMA,IL-2,12
KILL OR INHIBIT THE REPLICATION
IMMUNOGLOBULINS A,M,G DEVELOP
TISSUE CYSTS BECOME ACTIVE WITHIN 7 DAYS AND REACTIVATION OCCURS
15. ACUTE OR CHRONIC
THE RAPIDLY MULTIPLYING CRESCENTRIC CELL (TACHYZOITES ) INITIATE THE
ACUTE STAGE OF DISEASE
IN FUTHER DEVELOPMENT THEY PENETRATE NEW CELLS ESPECIALLY EYE
AND BRAIN.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT SLOWS DOWN IN THESE ORGANS CALLED AS
BRADYZOITES TO FORM A QUIESCENT TISSUE CYSTS
THE EVENT LEAD TO CHRONIC STAGE OF DISEASE
16. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
FEATURES IN I M M U N O C O M P E T E N T INDIVIDUAL
FEATURES IN IMMUNODEFICIENT INDIVIDUAL
CO N G E N I TA L TOXOPLASMOSIS
OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS
17. IMMUNOCOMPETENT
ACUTE STAGE-ASYMPTOMATIC
SYMPTOMATIC
HEADACHE,FATIGUE
MALAISE
FEVER
CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY
SUBOCCIPITAL,SUPRACLAVICULAR,INGUIN
AL,MEDIASTINAL(DISCRETE,MULTIPLE,VARI
ABLE IN CONSISTENCY)
18. IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
ACUTE INFECTION OR REACTIVATION OF BRADYZOITES
DEADLIEST-TOXOPLASMIC ENCEPHALITIS
EITHER FOCAL DYSFUNCTION TO NON FOCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
DUE TO VASCULITIS,EDEMA AND HEMORRHAGE
ALTERED MENTATION(75%),SEIZURES(33%), FOCAL NEUROLOGICAL
SIGNS(60%), HEADACHE(56%), FEVER(50%)
BRAINSTEM-CRANIAL NERVE PALSY,DYSMETRIA,ATAXIA
BASAL GANGLIA-HYDROCEPHALUS,CHOREIFORM MOVEMENTS,
CHOREOATHETOSIS
DD-CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS,HSE,TM,CNS LYMPHOMA
LUNG-ARDS,HEMOPTYSIS,DIC
19. OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS
BLURRED VISION,SCOTOMA,PHOTOPHOBIA
MACULAR INVOLVEMENT-LOSS OF CENTRAL VISION,
NYSTAGMUS SECONDARY TO POOR FIXATION
EOM- CONVERGENCE-STRABISMUS
FLARE UPS OF CHORIORETINITIS-DESTROY RETINAL
TISSUEGLAUCOMA
CONGENITAL LESIONS-MASSIVE CHORIORETINAL
DEGENERATION WITH EXTENSIVE FIBROSIS
IN PATIENTS WITH AIDS,DIFFUSE RETINAL NECROSIS-
FREE TACHYZOITES+CYSTS CONTAINING
BRADYZOITES
21. OCCURS DURING FIRST TIME IN PREGNANCY
INFECTION OF PLACENTA-HEMATOGENOUS INFECTION OF FETUS
AS GESTATION INCREASES-RATE OF TRANSMISSION INCREASES BUT SEVERITY DECREASES
INFECTED CHILDREN INITIALLY ASYMPTOMATIC,PERSISTENCE OF T.GONDII-
REACTIVATION-MOST FREQUENTLY CHORIORETINITIS
CHORIORETINITIS,STRABISMUS,BLINDNESS,EPILEPSY,ANEMIA,JAUNDICE,RASH
MICROCEPHALY,INTRACRANIAL CALCIFICATION,HYDROCEPHALUS,PNEUMONITIS
TRIMESTER FIRST SECOND THIRD
Trasmission rate 10-25% 30-54% 60-65%
22. DIAGNOSIS
DIRECT MICROSCOPY
DETECTION OF TACHYZOITES IN B LO O D A N D TISSUE CYST IN TISSUE
BIOPSY
STAINING METHODS:
o GIEMSA
o PAS
o SILVER STAINS
o IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAIN
23. SEROLOGY
DETECTION OF TOXOPL ASMA ANTIGEN BY ELISA
DETECTION OF TOXOPL ASMA ANTIBODY BY
o SABIN F E L D M A N DYE TEST
o INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TEST
o IGM ELISA
o IGG ELISA
o IGG AVIDITY TEST
24. PARALLEL IGG TESTING -4 FOLD RISE IN PAIRED SERA OF 3 WEEKS APART-
ACUTE INFECTION
IGG LOW AVIDITY-ACUTE INFECTION(<3 MONTHS)
HIGH -CHRONIC INFECTION(>3 MONTHS)
PRESENCE OF IGA,M,E ACUTE INFECTION
OTHER METHODS-DOUBLE SANDWICH IGM ELISA &
IGM IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY
25. MOLECULAR METHODS
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
AMPLIFICATION OF B1 GENE DETECTION OF T.GONDII DNA
SAMPLES
o AMNIOTIC FLUID
o PERIPHERAL BLOOD
o CSF
o URINE
o AQUEOUS & VITREOUS FLUID
26. TREATMENT
GOAL-TO ARREST THE REPLICATION OF PARASITE AND PREVENT FURTHER
DAMAGE TO ORGANS INVOLVED
IMMUNOCOMPETENT
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
CONGENITAL
27. IMMUNOCOMPETENT
NOT REQUIRE SPECIFIC THERAPY
IF OCULAR+ ,TREATED FOR 1 MONTH
PYRIMETHAMINE+SULFADIAZINE/CLINDAMYCIN OR PREDNISONE
28. IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
AIDS PATIENTS SEROPOSITIVE FOR T.GONDII CD4+T LYMPHOCYTE
COUNT<100/MCGL(SCREENING AIDS PATIENTS)
IF CD4+T LYMPHOCYTE COUNT>200,NO NEED OF PROPHYLAXIS
TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE
NOT TOLERATE-DAPSONE+PYRIMETHAMINE
ATOVAQUONE +/_ PYRIMETHAMINE
PROPHYLACTIC MONOTHERAPY-
DAPSONE,PYRIMETHAMINE,AZITHROMYCIN,CLARITHROMYCIN,AEROSOLIZE
D PENTAMIDINE
PATIENT+HIV- CD4+T LYMPHOCYTE COUNT>200 FOR ATLEAST 6 MONTHS
AFTER ART+ASYMPTOMATIC---DISCONTINUE THE PROPHYLAXIS
29. CONGENITAL INFECTION
NEONATES-ORAL PYRIMETHAMINE(1MG/KG)
SULFADIAZINE (100 MG/KG)
FOLINIC ACID FOR 1 YEAR
PREDNISOLONE(1MG/KG PER DAY)-MAY BE USED
PREGNANT-SPIRAMYCIN(IN ACUTE CASE EARLY IN PREGNANCY)
PYRI/SULFA/FOLINIC ACID AFTER 18 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY
30. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
AVOIDANCE OF HUMAN CONTACT WITH CAT FECES IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT
CHANGING OF CAT LITTER AND SAFE DISPOSAL CAN PREVENT
TRANSMISSION
MEAT SHOULD BE COOKED TO INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 74-75DEGREE
CELCIUS
WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER HANDLING RAW MEAT
PROTECT CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS FROM CAT AND DOG DROPPINGS
WASH YOUR HANDS VERY WELL AFTER BEIN G IN CONTACT WITH SOIL
POSSIBLY CONTAMINATED BY ANIMAL FECES
SCREENING OF IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FOR ANTIBODY TO T.GONDII
PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD AVOID CONTACT WITH KITTENS