Latent Toxoplasma gondii infection and associated risk factors among patients with chronic kidney disease: a registry-based study

• Published in: BMC nephrology Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 163 - 6
• Main Authors: Montazeri, Mahbobeh, Fakhar, Mahdi, Sedighi, Omid, Makhlough, Atieh, Tabaripour, Rabeeh, Nakhaei, Maryam, Soleymani, Mostafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.03.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Chronic illnesses; Chronic infection; Chronic kidney disease; Chronic kidney failure; Complications and side effects; Cysts; Diagnosis; Disease susceptibility; Female; Females; Glomerular filtration rate; Hemodialysis; Humans; Immune system; Immunodeficiency; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Infection; Infection control; Infections; Iran - epidemiology; Kidney diseases; Latent infection; Latent Infection - diagnosis; Latent Infection - epidemiology; Latent toxoplasmosis; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Patient outcomes; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Protozoa; Registries; Regression analysis; Renal Dialysis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - therapy; Risk Factors; Serology; Surveys; Systematic review; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasma - immunology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis - blood; Toxoplasmosis - diagnosis; Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology; Transplants & implants; Uremia; Zoonoses; Iran; United States > US; Chronic kidney disease; Toxoplasma gondii; Latent toxoplasmosis; Hemodialysis; Glomerular filtration rate

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are susceptible to acquiring opportunistic parasites due to acquired immunodeficiency caused by uremia. Therefore, the present case-control study attempted to determine the prevalence of T. gondii infection and also associated risk factors among patients wi...