Abdollahian Ebrahim, Shafiei Reza, Mokhber Naghmeh, Kalantar Kurosh, Fata Abdolmajid
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Vector-Borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
Iran J Parasitol. 2017 Jan-Mar;12(1):117-122.
Psychiatric patients have an increased risk of some infections like toxoplasmosis. Investigations on infection among psychiatric patients have been limited in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran. In this case-control study, prevalence of T. gondii was investigated by serological method.
This case-control study was performed among psychiatric patients admitted to Avicenna Hospital in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran. Three hundred and fifty inpatients and 350 controls were examined in 2012-2013 for detection of IgG and IgM antibodies against in their blood sera by ELISA. Socio-demographic and clinical manifestations of the patients were obtained.
Anti- IgG antibodies was found in 164 (46.85%) of 350 psychiatric inpatients and 120 (34.28%) of 350 controls. Seventeen (4.85%) of psychiatric individuals and 3 (0.85%) of control group were IgM+/IgG- indicating acute form of toxoplasmosis. There were no statistically significant differences between the case and control groups. In patient group, schizophrenic patients had the highest positive rate (46.28%) and bipolar mood disorder had the second most prevalent rate (20%). Of 162 schizophrenia patients, 65 (40.1%) had latent infection which was higher than that observed in controls.
The prevalence of infection among psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia was more in Mashhad, compared with control group.
精神科患者感染某些疾病如弓形虫病的风险增加。在伊朗东北部的马什哈德,针对精神科患者感染情况的调查有限。在这项病例对照研究中,采用血清学方法调查弓形虫的患病率。
这项病例对照研究在伊朗东北部马什哈德的伊本·西那医院收治的精神科患者中进行。2012年至2013年期间,对350名住院患者和350名对照者进行了检查,通过酶联免疫吸附测定法检测他们血清中针对弓形虫的IgG和IgM抗体。获取了患者的社会人口统计学和临床表现。
在350名精神科住院患者中,164名(46.85%)检测出抗IgG抗体,在350名对照者中,120名(34.28%)检测出抗IgG抗体。17名(4.85%)精神科患者和3名(0.85%)对照组患者IgM阳性/I IgG阴性,表明为急性弓形虫病。病例组和对照组之间无统计学显著差异。在患者组中,精神分裂症患者的阳性率最高(46.28%),双相情感障碍患者的患病率次之(20%)。在162名精神分裂症患者中,65名(40.1%)有潜伏感染,高于对照组。
与对照组相比,在马什哈德,患有精神分裂症的精神科患者中弓形虫感染的患病率更高。