Tag Kenneth M. Boyer

Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)

Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate, intracellular, apicomplexan protozoan, is acquired perorally, transplacentally, or rarely parenterally in laboratory accidents, transfusions, or from a transplanted organ. In immunologically normal children, acute acquired infection most often is asymptomatic or unrecognized, but may cause lymphadenopathy…