F Touafek
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Recent Articles
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Yera H, Menegaut L, Brenier-Pinchart M, Touafek F, Bastien P, Dalle F
Clin Microbiol Infect
. 2018 Jan;
24(10):1100.e7-1100.e11.
PMID: 29373837
Objectives: Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii plays a crucial role in the prenatal and neonatal diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT). Sensitivity of this diagnosis is partly related to the efficiency...
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Imbert S, Gauthier L, Joly I, Brossas J, Uzunov M, Touafek F, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect
. 2016 Feb;
22(6):562.e1-8.
PMID: 26899830
We evaluated the usefulness of a serum Aspergillus PCR assay for the diagnosis and prognosis of invasive aspergillosis in a study involving 941 patients for a total of 5146 serum...
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Bourdin C, Busse A, Kouamou E, Touafek F, Bodaghi B, Le Hoang P, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2014 Sep;
52(11):3987-91.
PMID: 25210066
PCR detection of Toxoplasma gondii in blood has been suggested as a possibly efficient method for the diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) and furthermore for genotyping the strain involved in...
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Jost C, Touafek F, Fekkar A, Courtin R, Ribeiro M, Mazier D, et al.
Clin Vaccine Immunol
. 2011 Sep;
18(11):1908-12.
PMID: 21880851
Congenital transmission of Toxoplasma gondii occurs mainly when a mother acquires the infection for the first time during pregnancy. It was recently shown that although early treatment of the primary...
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Lesle F, Touafek F, Fekkar A, Mazier D, Paris L
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
. 2011 Apr;
30(10):1207-12.
PMID: 21484254
Immunodiagnostic assays are commonly used to screen for maternal toxoplasmic seroconversion during pregnancy. The introduction to the market of a new highly sensitive IgG assay, the Elecsys Toxo IgG test,...
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Fekkar A, Ajzenberg D, Bodaghi B, Touafek F, Le Hoang P, Delmas J, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2011 Jan;
49(4):1513-7.
PMID: 21248092
We report the direct genotyping analysis of Toxoplasma gondii in ocular samples collected from 20 patients, as well as associated clinical and epidemiological data. This work was aimed at better...
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Caby F, Lemercier D, Coulomb A, Grigorescu R, Paris L, Touafek F, et al.
J Infect
. 2010 Apr;
61(2):185-8.
PMID: 20361998
A 26-year-old woman was HIV-1 diagnosed at 11 weeks of pregnancy (CD4 = 7/mm(3), HIV-1 RNA = 108,000 copies/mL) with immunity against toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma IgG = 1800 UI/mL). A fetal...
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Paris L, Touafek F, Elghouzzi M, Cherif S, Mazier D
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
. 2010 Feb;
102(5):319-25.
PMID: 20131426
The diagnosis of Chagas disease during the chronic phase is based on serology. Outside South America the use of two methods is recommended by WHO. A third method must be...
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Lescure F, Paris L, Elghouzzi M, Le Loup G, Develoux M, Touafek F, et al.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
. 2010 Feb;
102(5):295-9.
PMID: 20131423
2009 is marked by the centenary of the discovery by Carlos Chagas of Human American Trypanosomiasis. As a result of international cooperation its incidence has been falling in endemic areas,...
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Fekkar A, Bodaghi B, Touafek F, Le Hoang P, Mazier D, Paris L
J Clin Microbiol
. 2008 Apr;
46(6):1965-7.
PMID: 18400917
We compared three biological methods for the diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis (OT). Paired aqueous humor and serum samples from 34 patients with OT and from 76 patients with other ocular...