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*CMV is the most common of the group.<ref name=pmid16231309>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abdel-Fattah | first1 = SA. | last2 = Bhat | first2 = A. | last3 = Illanes | first3 = S. | last4 = Bartha | first4 = JL. | last5 = Carrington | first5 = D. | title = TORCH test for fetal medicine indications: only CMV is necessary in the United Kingdom. | journal = Prenat Diagn | volume = 25 | issue = 11 | pages = 1028-31 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/pd.1242 | PMID = 16231309 }}</ref>
*CMV is the most common of the group.<ref name=pmid16231309>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abdel-Fattah | first1 = SA. | last2 = Bhat | first2 = A. | last3 = Illanes | first3 = S. | last4 = Bartha | first4 = JL. | last5 = Carrington | first5 = D. | title = TORCH test for fetal medicine indications: only CMV is necessary in the United Kingdom. | journal = Prenat Diagn | volume = 25 | issue = 11 | pages = 1028-31 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/pd.1242 | PMID = 16231309 }}</ref>
*The last three '''RCH''' are viruses.
*The last three ('''RCH''') are viruses.
*Toxoplasmosis is a parasite.
*Toxoplasmosis is a parasite.



Latest revision as of 18:04, 28 May 2015

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.

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.