title: Total serum IgE level in patients with amoebic liver abscess and other parasitic infections.
abstract: Total serum IgE level was determined by the radioactive single radial diffusion technique in blood donors, nurse-aid students with the stool positive and negative for parasites, and in patients with helminthic infections. A geometric mean of 445.1 IU/ml in the sera from blood donors was found. Patients with helminthic infections had significantly higher levels than the blood donors and the nurse-aid students with the stool negative for parasites. Intestinal protozoal infections did not cause an increase in IgE level.
mesh_terms: D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000276:immunology; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000276:immunology*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000276:immunology; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E