Evaluation of the role of some parasitic infections as a cause of acute and chronic hepatic diseases.
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.
Ghanam
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ME
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut Branch of Al Azhar University, Egypt.
Shataat
M A
MA
Monib
M el-S
Mel-S
Hassan
A A
AA
Younis
A I
AI
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005209:Fasciola / Q000276:immunology; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000276:immunology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014556:Urine / Q000469:parasitology
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan