%0 Journal Article
%T Screening of toxoplasmosis in cancer patients: a concern
%A Abdolhossein Dalimi
%A Amir Abdoli
%A Majid Pirestani
%A Mohammad Barati
%J Tropical Doctor
%@ 1758-1133
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049475518801618
%X Toxoplasmosis is an opportunistic infectious disease in immunocompromised patients, including cancer patients, whose detection is by molecular and serological methods. A total of 106 blood samples from patients with different types of cancer were evaluated for anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM antibodies by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the parasite DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). These were detected in 41.51% (44/106) and 0.94% (1/106), respectively, but T. gondii IgM antibody was not detected at all. These results suggest that the screening of toxoplasmosis should be considered more routinely in cancer patients
%K Toxoplasma gondii
%K cancer
%K serology
%K molecular detection
%K PCR
%K ELISA
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049475518801618