[A new psychopediatric syndrome of toxoplasmic origin]. / Un nuevo síndrome psicopediátrico de origen toxoplásmico.

A preliminary exposition on the existence of a new syndrome which is of interest to pediatrics and psychiatry and has been called "chronic dystrophying adenic syndrome" or "CDA syndrome" is made. The syndrome is the clinical expression of the lymphochronic variety of the toxoplasmic disease in the child and it is clinically expressed by the triad: dystrophies, psychiatric disorders and adenopathies with a chronic course. In these patients adenopathies have a toxoplasmic origin and they represent the pathogenic factor which determines the syndrome. Atypical forms of the syndrome are pointed out. Most frequent and important atypical forms are correlated.

[Toxoplasmosis: historical summary and bibliographic review]. / Toxoplasmosis: resumen histórico y revisión bibliográfica.

A chronologic description of the principal events and discoveries related to toxoplasmosis from 1908 when the causal agent was discovered up to date is performed. The main data with a parasitic interest are summarized, and the endodiogenic multiplication is explained. The cat is the definitive host for this protozoan. Its evolutive cycle in the intestinal epithelium of this domestic animal is commented. The oocyst is recognized as the main infecting form of this microorganism. The classical concepts of congenital and acquired histoplasmosis are briefly exposed. A brief comment of the ophthalmic and gyneco-obstetric complications from the disease is made. Possible relationships between toxoplasmic adenopathies and neurotic states in psychiatry are emphasized.