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EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY
卷 16, 期 6, 页码 447-460出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1483721
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Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmosis; hematopoietic stem cell transplant; solid organ transplant; preemptive treatment; prophylaxis
Introduction. Toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening parasitic disease for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. The risk of toxoplasmosis in transplant patients mainly depends on the degree of immunosuppression, the tropism of Toxoplasma gondii for the grafted tissue, and the seroprevalence in the general population. Although transplant recipients with toxoplasmosis have a high mortality rate, there are neither well-defined recommendations nor a consensus for the management of this disease in these patients.Areas covered. This review focuses on the management of toxoplasmosis in transplant recipients and discusses the various strategies for diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and follow-up in clinical practice. The literature search was conducted on publications in English and French using the search terms Toxoplasma gondii,' organ transplant,' and transplant recipients.'Expert commentary. The diagnosis of toxoplasmosis has greatly improved over the last two decades, but it is still a fatal illness. Non-specificity of the symptoms, resulting in a delay before diagnosis, and therapeutic failure are the main causes of death. The development of active treatments against cysts is one of the current challenges that will considerably improve the management of toxoplasmosis in transplant recipients by clearing chronic infection to avoid T. gondii reactivation.
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