Is Toxoplasma gondii infection a concern in individuals with rheumatic diseases? Evidence from a case-control study based on serological diagnosis

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Toxoplasma gondii infection in clinical cases of rheumatic diseases is increasing, whereas, the relationship between T. gondii infection and rheumatic diseases is still ambiguous and contradictory. Thus, the present case-control study based on serological diagnosis was carried out to identify the underlying relationship between T. gondii infection and rheumatic diseases in China. Serological results showed that rheumatic patients (17.25%, 79/458) had a significantly higher T. gondii seroprevalence than control subjects (10.70%, 49/458) (p = 0.004). However, the difference in T. gondii seroprevalence among clinical rheumatic disease forms was insignificant. Moreover, disease duration not effect the T. gondii seroprevalence in the included clinical rheumatic patients. Three risk factors (presence of cats at home, blood transfusion history, and consumption of raw shellfish) were identified through multivariate analysis to affect the T. gondii seroprevalence in the included clinical rheumatic patients. In conclusion, these results indicate that the latent T. gondii infection in clinical rheumatic patients should cause alarm and attention in the course of future scientific research or clinical treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

Microbial pathogenesis - 182(2023) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 106257

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dong, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Qun [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Yuan-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Ying-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Cong, Xiao-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Jun-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Protozoan
Case Reports
Case-control
China
Journal Article
Rheumatic diseases
Serology
Toxoplasma gondii

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Date Completed 14.08.2023

Date Revised 14.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106257

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NLM359606962