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Posted On : 25 Jun 2020

I have a 2-month-old infant born to toxo positive mother, who has been on spiramycin from 3rd month onwards. the baby presented with bleeding from injection sites, PT and APTT were prolonged. infants torch test is negative.shoud the infant be treated or not?

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Aishwarya Pm

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no I don't think so

4 years ago

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AnoopSingh Ranhotra

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LHDN, PiVKa, Vit K Inj.

4 years ago

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Ankit Gupta

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no treatment is needed

4 years ago

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What are the child`s Toxo IgM and IgG titres? Are they both negative? If both are negative, the child does not need to be treated for Toxo.
Give VItamin K for the prolonged PT and PTT.

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