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Abstract One hundred cases aged 4 - 20 years and suffering from chronic tonsillitis \..;ere sfdected from out.pe t ie n t clinics of E.N.T. , Zagazig Un ive rs i t y Ho s p i t a l They were examined for To:wplasrna antibodies using indirect immunofuorescent antiLody t e s t ( IFl\T It found U-I’:lL 30:~ of t.h eru positive [01’ was toxoplasmosis . Examination of the c on t.ro I gnJup u s i nq the same method ( IFAT) showed t het 23.::3?6 were serologically positive for toxoplasmosis . The difference 1n percentage between tonsillitis group and control group was st e t i s t i cel l y insignificant , yet the rnean antibody titres Here higher in c e s e e of tonsillitis than in the control group and the difference here is statistically significant . 40% of hypertroph i c c e s e s of chroni c tons i 11 it i sand 35. 6?:; of atrophic ones had toxoplasmosis The difference in ant ibody titre be t we e n l.o t h statistically yroups Vias insignificant . The high 1 eve 1 of Toxoplasma ant ibod .. j efJ in patients wit h ---- , chronic tonsillit:is. r ric l ud e d in this study, in c ornper i s o n |