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The relationship between pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder and Toxoplasma gondii

February 1, 2020
Memik, N. C., Tamer, G. S., Unver, H., Gundogdu, O. Y.
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 2015, 7: 24 - 28
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The rate of Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in patients diagnosed with pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is investigated. Toxoplasma avidity levels, antitoxoplasma IgG, and antitoxoplasma IgM are investigated using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method to examine the serums of 42 patients diagnosed with OCD (DSM-IV criteria) and 45 healthy individuals in the control group. Anti-toxoplasma IgG seropositivity was found in two patients (4.8%) among the pediatric OCD cases. Anti-toxoplasma IgM seropositivity was not detected in any patient. The toxoplasma avidity levels in patients determined to have anti-toxoplasma IgG seropositivity were 35 +/- 7.07. In the control group, however, antitoxoplasma IgG seropositivity was detected in four (8.9%) children. However, antitoxoplasma IgM seropositivity was not detected in any of the children, and the toxoplasma avidity level was 33 +/- 2.44. No statistically significant difference was found between the OCD group and the control group in terms of anti-toxoplasma IgG, anti-toxoplasma IgM seropositivity, and toxoplasma avidity level (p > 0.05). The results of our study indicate that toxoplasma infection has no major role in the etiology of pediatric OCD

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The relationship between pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder and Toxoplasma gondii

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Memik, N. C., Tamer, G. S., Unver, H., Gundogdu, O. Y.
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 2015; 7: 24-28
Tagged: antibodies, children, compulsion, diagnosis, Epidemiology, infection, mental-disorders, obsession, obsessive-compulsive disorder, reliability, Schizophrenia, seropositivity, Toxoplasma gondii, united-states

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