TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS:
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Name: Guilherme Sturzeneker Cerqueira Lima
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 19/08/2017
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Fábio Petersen Saraiva | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| André Correa Maia de Carvalho | External Examiner * |
| Fábio Petersen Saraiva | Advisor * |
| Thiago Dias Sarti | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: Ocular toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is the most
common form of posterior infectious uveitis. Despite the fact that combined anti-parasitic
therapy is still the usual practice regarding the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis, there is no
definitive evidence towards its routine necessity. The existence of multiple therapeutic
schemes available nowadays has motivated the realization of this study, with the objective of
trying to identify elements capable of guiding the physician to perform the best treatment in a
case of ocular toxoplasmosis. It was concluded that there is no forceful scientific evidence
that proves there is an ideal treatment and that there are no statistically significant differences
between the functional outcomes obtained with the different therapeutic schemes employed in
the present time.
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