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...

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Published inJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 31; no. 1; p. 37
Main Authors Ghanam, M E, Shataat, M A, Monib, M el-S, Hassan, A A, Younis, A I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egypt 01.04.2001
Subjects
Acute Disease
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth - blood
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Chronic Disease
Echinococcosis, Hepatic - diagnosis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Fasciola - immunology
Fascioliasis - diagnosis
Feces - parasitology
Female
Hemagglutination Tests
Humans
Liver Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis
Liver Diseases, Parasitic - immunology
Liver Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology
Male
Schistosoma japonicum - immunology
Schistosoma mansoni - immunology
Schistosomiasis - diagnosis
Toxoplasma - immunology
Toxoplasmosis - diagnosis
Urine - parasitology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1110-0583