Toxoplasma gondii - obsessive -compulsive disorder relationship: is itdifferent in children?
| dc.contributor.author | Miman, Ozlem | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ozcan, Ozlem | |
| dc.contributor.author | Unal, Sueheyla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Atambay, Metin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-23T12:25:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-23T12:25:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.department | İnönü Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background and aim: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric illness. Although the etiology of OCD is still unknown, recent investigations have associated development of OCD with infectious illness. Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a neurotropic protozoan parasite that causes infection of the central nervous system. In the last decade, a lot of researches have focused on the possible relationship between exposure to T. gondii and neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. Therefore, in this study, it was aimed to investigate a possible association between Toxoplasma infection and OCD in children and adolescents.Methods: We selected 55 patients with OCD (aged between 7 and 16 years) and 59 healthy children and adolescents (aged between 7 and 16 years), and investigated the seropositivity rate for anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: The seropositivity rate for anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies among OCD patients (21.82%) was found to be higher than the rate in control group (15.25%). However, the difference between the OCD group and the control group was not statistically significant (p>.05).Conclusion: In contrast to studies in adult patients, the results of this study do not support the relationship between T. gondii and OCD children and adolescents. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Miman, O. Ozcan, O. Unal, S. Atambay, M. (2018). Toxoplasma gondii - obsessive -compulsive disorder relationship: is itdifferent in children?. Cilt:72. Sayı:7. 501-505 ss. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/08039488.2018.1514421 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 505 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 7 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 501 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11616/12871 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 72 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & francıs ltd, 2-4 park square, mılton park, abıngdon or14 4rn, oxon, england | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Nordıc journal of psychıatry | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Infectıon | en_US |
| dc.subject | behavıor | en_US |
| dc.subject | schızophrenıa | en_US |
| dc.subject | epıdemıology | en_US |
| dc.subject | adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | antıbodıes | en_US |
| dc.title | Toxoplasma gondii - obsessive -compulsive disorder relationship: is itdifferent in children? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
