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[[Image:CMV_placentitis2_mini.jpg|thumb|right|CMV placentitis. [[H&E stain]].]] | |||
The '''TORCH infections''', [[AKA]] '''TORCHES''', are a group of perinatal infections that conveniently can be remembered with the mnemonic ''TORCH''<ref name=pmid8198407>{{cite journal |author=Greenough A |title=The TORCH screen and intrauterine infections |journal=Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=F163–5 |year=1994 |month=May |pmid=8198407 |pmc=1061033 |doi= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1061033/?tool=pubmed}}</ref> or ''TORCHES''. | The '''TORCH infections''', [[AKA]] '''TORCHES''', are a group of perinatal infections that conveniently can be remembered with the mnemonic ''TORCH''<ref name=pmid8198407>{{cite journal |author=Greenough A |title=The TORCH screen and intrauterine infections |journal=Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=F163–5 |year=1994 |month=May |pmid=8198407 |pmc=1061033 |doi= |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1061033/?tool=pubmed}}</ref> or ''TORCHES''. | ||
Revision as of 16:50, 27 July 2014
CMV placentitis. H&E stain.
The TORCH infections, AKA TORCHES, are a group of perinatal infections that conveniently can be remembered with the mnemonic TORCH[1] or TORCHES.
- Toxoplasmosis.
- Others - syphilis, tuberculosis, listeriosis.
- Rubella.
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV).
- Herpes simplex virus.
Notes:
- CMV is the most common of the group.[2]
- The last three RCH are viruses.
- Toxoplasmosis is a parasite.
Alternate mnemonic
- Toxoplasmosis.
- Others - syphilis, tuberculosis, listeriosis.
- Rubella.
- Cytomegalovirus.
- HErpes simplex virus.
- Syphilis.
Microscopic
- See acute villitis.
See also
References
- ↑ Greenough A (May 1994). "The TORCH screen and intrauterine infections". Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 70 (3): F163–5. PMC 1061033. PMID 8198407. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1061033/?tool=pubmed.
- ↑ Abdel-Fattah, SA.; Bhat, A.; Illanes, S.; Bartha, JL.; Carrington, D. (Nov 2005). "TORCH test for fetal medicine indications: only CMV is necessary in the United Kingdom.". Prenat Diagn 25 (11): 1028-31. doi:10.1002/pd.1242. PMID 16231309.