Some immunological parameters of patients with Entamoeba histolytica in Baghdad city

Abstract

The current study was conducted during the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021 for the purpose of diagnosing infection with the Entamoeba histolytica parasite in the city of Baghdad. Where 986 clinically diagnosed cases of diarrhea were examined from patients to the Child Protection Hospital and Baghdad Teaching Hospital in Medical City. Where the percentage of positive infections of the amoeba parasite was recorded at 53.448% of the total samples clinically infected with diarrhea when the samples were examined microscopically using the direct wet mount sample. And studied the effect of infection with the Entamoeba histolytica on some immune parameters of the infected, a significant increase was observed in patients with infection when compared with the control group at p – value 0.001 in each of the IL-4, interferon gamma and CD4 ratios (200.095±55.016). (104.645 ± 37.645), (11.562 ± 3.680) respectively.