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*[[Toxoplasmosis|'''T'''oxoplasmosis]]. | *[[Toxoplasmosis|'''T'''oxoplasmosis]]. | ||
*'''O'''thers - [[syphilis]], [[ | *'''O'''thers - [[syphilis]], [[tuberculosis]], listeriosis. | ||
*'''R'''ubella. | *'''R'''ubella. | ||
*[[cytomegalovirus|'''C'''ytomegalovirus]]. | *[[cytomegalovirus|'''C'''ytomegalovirus]] (CMV). | ||
*[[Herpes simplex virus|'''H'''erpes simplex virus]]. | *[[Herpes simplex virus|'''H'''erpes simplex virus]]. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
*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. | ||
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==Alternate mnemonic== | ==Alternate mnemonic== | ||
*'''T'''oxoplasmosis. | *'''T'''oxoplasmosis. | ||
*'''O'''thers - [[syphilis]], [[ | *'''O'''thers - [[syphilis]], [[tuberculosis]], listeriosis. | ||
*'''R'''ubella. | *'''R'''ubella. | ||
*'''C'''ytomegalovirus. | *'''C'''ytomegalovirus. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist| | {{reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]] | [[Category:Gynecologic pathology]] | ||
Revision as of 00:33, 12 April 2012
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.
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.