TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG CASES OF CHRONIC TONSI LLITS

One hundred cases aged 4 - 20 years and suffering fromchronic tonsillitis \..;ere sfdected from out.pe t ie n t clinics ofE.N.T. , Zagazig Un ive rs i t y Ho s p i t a lThey were examined for To:wplasrna antibodies using indirectimmunofuorescent antiLody t e s t ( IFl\TItfound U-I’:lL 30:~ of t.h erupositive [01’wastoxoplasmosis .Examination of the c on t.ro I gnJup u s i nq the same method( IFAT) showed t het 23.::3?6 were serologically positive fortoxoplasmosis .The difference 1n percentage between tonsillitis group andcontrol group was st e t i s t i cel l y insignificant , yet the rneanantibody titres Here higher in c e s e e of tonsillitis than inthe control group and the difference here is statisticallysignificant .40% of hypertroph i c c e s e s of chroni c tons i 11 it i sand 35. 6?:;of atrophic ones had toxoplasmosisThe difference inant ibody titre be t we e n l.o t hstatisticallyyroups Viasinsignificant .The high 1 eve 1of Toxoplasma ant ibod .. j efJ in patients wit h---- ,chronic tonsillit:is. r ric l ud e d in this study, in c ornper i s o n