1. Toxoplasma gondii – prevalence and risk factors in HIV-infected patients from Songklanagarind hospital, Southern Thailand
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Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Hemah Andiappan, Bunsri Charoenmak, Natthawan Sermwittayawong, Waenurama Chemoh, Pisut Siripaitoon, Thanaporn Hortiwakul, and Nongyao Sawangjaroen
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Logistic regression ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Internal medicine ,parasitic diseases ,Medicine ,Seroprevalence ,Original Research ,biology ,seroprevalence ,business.industry ,Toxoplasma gondii ,HIV ,Igg avidity ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Toxoplasmosis ,Risk factors ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,IgG avidity ,Antibody ,business - Abstract
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common opportunistic parasitic diseases in patients living with HIV/AIDS. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma infection in HIV-infected patients and to identify associated risk factors in Toxoplasma seropositive patients. This study was conducted at a regional public hospital in Hat Yai, southern Thailand during October 2009 to June 2010. Blood samples were collected from 300 HIV-infected patients. Each subject also answered a socio-demographic and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma infection. The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies in HIV-infected patients was 109 (36.3%), of which 83 (76.2%) had past infection and 26 (23.9%) had recently acquired Toxoplasma infection as indicated by their IgG avidity. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression showed that gender difference (adjusted OR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.05–2.72) was the only factor associated with Toxoplasma infection. From the results obtained, these HIV-infected patients could be at high risk of developing clinical evidence of severe toxoplasmosis. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce primary behavioral practices to prevent Toxoplasma infection among HIV-infected patients.
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- 2015