Studies on chronic liver diseases in patients with and without toxoplasma latent infection

Chronic liver diseases, mainly due to schistosomiasis, is a common clinical feature in Egypt. On the other hand, Toxoplasma latent infection is another common feature. This paper aimed to study the role of Toxoplasma latent infection in patients with chronic liver diseases mainly due to schistosomiasis. The latent Toxoplasma infection was measured by the positivity of IgG to ELISA and the negativity of IgM to DS-ELISA. The cellular immunity was assessed by the dinitrochlorobenzene [DNCB] skin test. The clinical and the laboratory studies showed that latent Toxoplasma infection had no marked effect on the progression of the chronic liver diseases

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ismailiya Governorate, Egypt

Out-patients attending the Public Health Center in Kantara Gharb [Ismailiya Governorate] were examined for any suspected lesion or papule suggesting cutaneous leishmaniasis. Twenty-eight out of 450 patients [6.2 per cent] had active cutaneous leishmaniasis.The diagnostic criteria was based on smear examination and culture on N.N.N. medium. The results are discussed