Liver function tests in toxoplasmosis | ||
| Annals of the College of Medicine, Mosul | ||
| Article 1, Volume 38, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 68-72 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2012.64600 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muthear N. Dawood; Nadwa A. J. Mahmood | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT Objective: To highlight the possible effects of toxoplasmosis on serum activities of liver enzymes. Methods: Sixty serologically toxoplasmosis positive women referred to the Public Health Laboratory Centre in Nineveh Province were enrolled during the period from Oct. 2008 – March 2009. Their ages ranged between 16-35 years and mean±SD (24.9±4.8 years). Cases were compared with 40 age matched apparently healthy high school, medical college students and employees of Mosul College of Medicine control women who were serologically negative for toxoplasmosis; their ages ranged between 17-35 years and mean ± SD (23.9± 5.5years). Serum activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were measured in all cases and controls. Results: Liver enzymes activities were higher in patients compared with those of the controls. Conclusion: A probable involvement of the liver in the disease process was noticed for the toxoplasmosis patients although not sufficient to produce clinical signs and symptoms of liver disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| liver enzymes; Toxoplasmosis | ||
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