Congenital toxoplasmosis presenting with fetal atrial flutter after maternal ingestion of infected moose meat

Alaska Med. 2013 Sep:54:27-31.

Abstract

Consumption of undercooked game meat during pregnancy is considered a risk factor for congenital toxoplasmosis, but cases definitively linking ingestion of infected meat to clinical disease are lacking. We report a confirmed case of congenital toxoplasmosis identified because of atrial flutter in the fetus and linked to maternal consumption of Toxoplasma gondii PCR-positive moose meat.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Atrial Flutter / parasitology*
  • Deer*
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / parasitology*
  • Foodborne Diseases / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Meat / parasitology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / parasitology*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / etiology*