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Evaluation of the role of some parasitic infections as a cause of acute and chronic hepatic diseases.

Abstract
A total of 200 patients with acute and chronic hepatic diseases and 100 apparently normal cross-matched controls were examined for the parasitic cause. The IHAT showed 3% had hydatid cysts, 3% had fascioliasis and 53.5% had schistosomiasis. However, no eggs were detected in the fascioliasis patients and only 4 & 3 cases showed S. mansoni and S. haematobium eggs in stools & urines respectively. ELISA showed 10% with visceral larva migrans & 65.5% with toxoplasmosis (IgG, IgM or both). On the other hand, 27% of the controls showed antibodies against toxoplasmosis.
AuthorsM E Ghanam, M A Shataat, M el-S Monib, A A Hassan, A I Younis
JournalJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology (J Egypt Soc Parasitol) Vol. 31 Issue 1 Pg. 37-42 (Apr 2001) ISSN: 1110-0583 [Print] Egypt
PMID12557927 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth (blood)
  • Antibodies, Protozoan (blood)
  • Chronic Disease
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic (diagnosis)
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fasciola (immunology)
  • Fascioliasis (diagnosis)
  • Feces (parasitology)
  • Female
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic (diagnosis, immunology, parasitology)
  • Male
  • Schistosoma japonicum (immunology)
  • Schistosoma mansoni (immunology)
  • Schistosomiasis (diagnosis)
  • Toxoplasma (immunology)
  • Toxoplasmosis (diagnosis)
  • Urine (parasitology)

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