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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
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chronic tonsillit:is. r ric l ud e d in this study, in c ornper i s o n