Question of the Day

Both mother and baby are safe.

The toxoplasmosis organism causes birth defects in a developing fetus if a mother is infected for the first time in her life while pregnant (ie: IgM positive while pregnant).

Toxoplasmosis is not generally dangerous to immune-competent people and a positive IgG result suggests a previous infection.

There are challenges to toxoplasmosis testing in pregnant women (false positives).

If a pregnant woman is IgM positive, confirmatory tests must be done.

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