Acute phase proteins in endemic chronic liver diseases

Forty patients with chronic liver disease and ten normal controls were investigated for acute phase proteins. Mixed schistosomal cases with chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis showed more marked changes, while pure schistosomal group showed serum levels closer to normal values. This could be a differentiating point between the two categories. Also the more significant changes in the mixed groups indicate more involvement of the immune system in the pathogenesis of those groups

Natural schistosoma mansoni infection in arvicanthis niloticus in Ismailia, Egypt

In a Survey for Zoonotic helminthic infection in rodents Schistosoma mansoni eggs were detected in the large intestin and liver of Arvicanthis niloticus

Evaluation of gastric carcinoembryonic antigen in endemic schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly

In endemic hepatosplenomegaly with histopathologically proved atrophic gastritis, the gastric juice carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA] showed significant increase. Comparing this group of patients with histopathologically proved gastric neoplasia the levels were significantly higher in the later group. The level of [CEA] was only increased in 75% of cases with endemic hepatosplenomegaly and atrophic gastritis opposite to 100% of cases with gastric neoplasia. The level of serum [CEA] was also studied in patients and control groups. In patients with endemic hepatosplenomegaly and atrophic gastritis the level was insignificantly higher than the control group and significantly lower than the group with gastric neoplasia

Studies on gastric bacterial growth and gastric PH in endemic schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly

Acid content and bacterial flora were studied in the gastric juice of 30 patients with endemic hepatosplenomegaly and 10 normal controls. The acid content in the gastric juice was significantly low in the group of patients. Also the bacterial flora were present in larger number of patients [80%] opposite to [30%] in normal control group