Open AccessEvaluating correlation between serum liver enzymes and toxocariasis: a case control study
Author(s) -
Hosein Miladi,
Mojtaba Didehdar,
Reza Hajihossein,
Fatemeh Rafiei,
Zahra Eslamirad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(16)61068-x
Subject(s) - toxocariasis , liver enzyme , enzyme , antibody , feces , positive correlation , medicine , biology , immunology , helminths , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of toxocariasis in individuals with the normal and\udabnormal level of liver enzymes.\udMethods: In this case-control study, the serum samples were collected in the individuals\udreferred to diagnostic laboratories of Arak in Iran. A total of 144 sera with abnormal level of\udliver enzymes were selected as cases and the same numbers of sera with the normal level of\udliver enzymes also were selected as controls. The sera were examined for anti-Toxocara IgG.\udResults: Twelve (4.2%) sera contained anti-Toxocara antibody and all of them were in the case\udgroup. Although the mean of all liver enzymes was significantly different in the two groups\ud(P < 0.05), statistical test showed no relationship between the level of liver enzymes and\udtoxocariasis.\udConclusions: It was concluded that the liver enzyme alteration is not the valid indicator for\udpredicting toxocariasis. Because the kind of liver dysfunction, that is caused by the larvae of\udToxocara, is unspecified, and it seems factors such as the number of larvae can play a basic\udrole for the emergence of alterations