Toxoplasma antibodies in ophthalmological patients.
Sera of 532 patients suffering from different ophthalmological diseases were studied for the presence of toxoplasma antibodies. Complement fixation test was positive in 44.9% of the patients. As compared with the 26.8% positivity rate determined earlier in the normal population the seropositivity in eye-patients was significantly higher. The highest incidence, 50%, was found in the age group of 21--30 years. In diseases with a confirmed aetiological role of toxoplasmosis, the incidence of seropositivity was higher than in the total material. This suggests that Toxoplasma gondii may have had a role in part of the diseases of the patients studied.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000276:immunology
D000906:Antibodies