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Toxocariasis in humans is a zoonosis due to the migration of Toxocara canis or T. cati larvae in human body. This review provides basic information on pathology of infection and clinical signs and symptoms of toxocariasis in children. The cases diagnosed in the recent years in central Poland are presented. The disease was recognised accidentally based on the results of laboratory analysis performed for other reasons, when abnormalities suggesting an active helminthiasis were found (eosinophilia, elevated IgE level and/or anemia). The high rate of soil contamination in households of the patients demonstrated elevated risk of infection and reinfection in both, rural and urban areas. Presented data show the need for educational programs which should be implemented for prevention of Toxocara infection in children.
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Solo/parasitologia , Toxocara canis/isolamento & purificação , Toxocaríase/diagnóstico , Toxocaríase/epidemiologia , Animais , Anti-Helmínticos/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos/sangue , Gatos , Criança , Proteção da Criança/estatística & dados numéricos , Cães , Feminino , Educação em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Larva Migrans Visceral/diagnóstico , Larva Migrans Visceral/epidemiologia , Masculino , Polônia/epidemiologia , Fatores de Risco , População Rural/estatística & dados numéricos , Toxocaríase/tratamento farmacológico , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
PURPOSE: Presentation of diagnostic methods and results obtained in childre with nystagmus, with suspicion of ocular albinism. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Records of 9 children (range 0.2 to 5.5 years) are presented. In all cases family history, ophthalmic examination and visual evoked potentials were analyzed. RESULTS: Clinical signs of ocular albinism were found in all patients. 2 children had cutaneous albinism, VEP records of 7 children indicated abnormalities typical for albinism, clinical signs of gene carrying were found in 7 mothers. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical signs enable us to diagnose ocular albinism with relatively high probability, nevertheless characteristic VEP records confirm diagnosis in clinically difficult cases.
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Albinismo Oculocutâneo/complicações , Albinismo Oculocutâneo/diagnóstico , Nistagmo Congênito/complicações , Nistagmo Congênito/diagnóstico , Albinismo Oculocutâneo/genética , Pré-Escolar , Potenciais Evocados Visuais , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Estimulação Luminosa , Acuidade VisualRESUMO
Authors present diagnostic procedures and dinical features of the congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) in 19 patients. Effective therapy of the concomitant ophthalmological pathologies usually improves patient's vision ability.
