Congenital infections (mnemonic)

Last revised by Yuranga Weerakkody ◉ on 27 Feb 2019

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Weerakkody Y, Bell D, et al. Congenital infections (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-5667

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-5667

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/5667

rID:

5667

Article created:

6 Mar 2009, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

27 Feb 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

25 times, by 9 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Paediatrics, Obstetrics

Tags:

stub, cases

Synonyms:

Congenital TORCH infections
TORCH
S-TORCH infections
TORCH infection
STORCH infections

The group of the most common congenital infections are referred to by the mnemonic TORCH or STORCH. They usually cause mild maternal morbidity but are related to serious fetal consequences ⁴.

In cases where no serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified the term pseudo-TORCH has been used ⁵.