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| العنوان: |
Association between Toxoplasma gondii exposure and abdominal pain: An age- and gender-matched case-control seroprevalence study. |
| المؤلفون: |
Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme, Estrada-Martínez, Sergio, Ramos-Nevarez, Agar, Alvarado-Félix, Ángel Osvaldo, Cerrillo-Soto, Sandra Margarita, Alvarado-Félix, Gustavo Alexis, Guido-Arreola, Carlos Alberto, Saenz-Soto, Leandro |
| المصدر: |
European Journal of Microbiology & Immunology; Jun2024, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p180-184, 5p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
TOXOPLASMA gondii, ABDOMINAL pain, SEROPREVALENCE, AGE factors in disease, IMMUNOGLOBULIN G |
| مستخلص: |
Abdominal pain has been rarely reported in individuals infected with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). The aim of this study was to determine the association between T. gondii infection and abdominal pain. Two hundred and ninety-nine patients with abdominal pain (cases) and 299 age- and gender-matched people without abdominal pain (controls) were tested for anti- T. gondii IgG and IgM antibodies. Twenty-four (8.0%) of the 299 cases and 12 (4.0%) of the 299 controls were positive for anti- T. gondii IgG antibodies (OR: 2.08; 95% CI: 1.02–4.25; P = 0.03). The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was significantly higher in women with frequent abdominal pain than in women without this clinical feature (OR: 2.30; 95% CI: 1.06–4.96; P = 0.02). Twelve (4.0%) of the 299 cases and 7 (2.3%) of the 299 controls had high (>150 IU mL−1) anti- T. gondii IgG antibody levels (OR: 1.74; 95% CI: 0.67–4.49; P = 0.24). Seven (29.2%) of the 24 cases with anti- T. gondii IgG antibodies and 3 (25.0%) of the 12 controls with anti- T. gondii IgG antibodies were positive to anti- T. gondii IgM antibodies (OR: 1.23; 95% CI: 0.25–5.97; P = 1.00). Results suggest an association between T. gondii infection and frequent abdominal pain. Further research to confirm this association should be conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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