Is Toxoplasma gondii Infection a Cause or a Coincidence in an Adolescent with Psychosis?,Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Is Toxoplasma gondii Infection a Cause or a Coincidence in an Adolescent with Psychosis?
Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 , DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716864
Hüsniye Yucel ₁ , Burak Acikel ₂ , F Nur Öz ₃ , Saliha Senel ₁

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Abstract

Although presumed to be relatively harmless in immunocompetent patients, toxoplasmosis has been linked to several psychiatric problems such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and suicidal/aggressive behaviors. We describe an 11-year-old young adolescent girl with psychoses who was ultimately diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. It is an unusual presentation of Toxoplasma gondii infection that adds new knowledge to the current level of literature about the substantial role of Toxoplasma gondii in the etiology of neuropsychiatric diseases. We propose that screening for toxoplasmosis is needed besides other etiologies in differential diagnosis of psychiatric symptoms particularly in endemic areas.

Publication History

Received: 04 April 2020

Accepted: 18 August 2020

Publication Date:
28 September 2020 (online)

Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Stuttgart · New York

中文翻译：

弓形虫感染是青少年精神病患者的病因还是巧合？

摘要

尽管弓形虫病被认为对免疫功能正常的患者无害，但它却与一些精神病问题有关，例如精神分裂症，躁郁症和自杀/攻击行为。我们描述了一个患有精神病的11岁少女，该少女最终被诊断出弓形虫病。这是弓形虫感染的不寻常表现，它使弓形虫在神经精神疾病的病因学中的重要作用增加了新的认识。我们建议在精神病症状的鉴别诊断中，特别是在流行地区，除了其他病因外，还需要筛查弓形虫病。