Association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and thyroid dysfunction: a case-control seroprevalence study.

Cosme Alvarado-EsquivelAgar Ramos-NevarezCarlos Alberto Guido-ArreolaSandra Margarita Cerrillo-SotoAlma Rosa Pérez-ÁlamosSergio Estrada-MartínezVerónica Dayali Gutierrez-MartinezAntonio Sifuentes-AlvarezEda Guadalupe Ramírez-VallesEdith Contreras-Cisneros

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Our results suggest that thyroid dysfunction is not associated with seropositivity to T. gondii in general; however, in young (50 years or less) patients, a negative association between infection and thyroid dysfunction and hypothyroidism was found. Further research to confirm this negative association is needed.

Keyphrases

toxoplasma gondii
end stage renal disease
oxidative stress
case control
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors