Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women treated at San Diego Clinic in Barranquilla, ColombiaIntroduction: Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease produced by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The occurrence of the infection during pregnancy generates severe complications for the fetus, leaving important neurological and visual sequelae. TORCH test is used to detect the infection through serological tests.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of Toxoplasmosis in pregnant women treated at San Diego Clinic during 2021, to understand the presence of the disease in Barranquilla.
Methodology: Observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study with a sample of 42 medical records of pregnant women, who underwent a serological test for Toxoplasma gondii upon admission to prenatal care. Through a survey, associated risk factors were identified.
Results: A prevalence of IgG antibodies of 58.54% was found. 91% of pregnant women were between the ages of 15 to 35 years old; 55% were between 27 to 39 weeks of gestation; 43% were housewives; 45% had completed high school and 95% had a low social economic status.
Conclusions: The prevalence of toxoplasmosis in the sample of pregnant women from the San Diego Clinic is like to those reported in other regional and national studies. A higher prevalence was found among patients with few prenatal controls, low educational level and housewife.
Keywords:
Toxoplasmosis congenital; risk factors; pregnant women