title: [Toxoplasma gondii IgG seroprevalence in HIV/AIDS patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to determine the Toxoplasma gondii IgG seroprevalence in HIV/AIDS patients who applied to our outpatient clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January 2006 and June 2010, 164 HIV/AIDS patients were tested for Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies by using the ELISA method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the total of 164 HIV/AIDS patients, 135 were male, 29 were female with a mean age of 36 years (range: 20-72 years). 85 (52%) of cases, T. gondii IgG was evaluated positive. In addition, positive T. gondii IgG was seen in 23 of 36 patients (64%) whose count of CD4+T cell was below 100.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Life threatening clinical conditions, mostly toxoplasma encephalitis, develop in cases who are T. gondii IgG seropositive with a count of CD4+ T cell lower than 100. The presence of T. gondii IgG should be investigated in all HIV infected patients due to the high risk of reactivation.
authors.affiliation: Sağlık Bakanlığı Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye, Turkey. ozlemaa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozlem Altuntaş
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.forename: Hayat Kumbasar
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Karaosmanoğlu
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korkusuz
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nazlıcan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M