Zinc and magnesium levels in toxoplasmosis patients with and without liver cirrhosis versus cirrhosis

Abstract EN

The influence of Zinc and Magnesium serum levels on selected chronic tox-oplasmosis with and without liver cirrhosis versus pure liver cirrhosis was studied.

Zn and Mg serum levels were measured in 199 male and female sub-jects (age range 19-62 years).

These were divided into 4 groups.

G1 : 100 pa-tients with toxoplasmosis, G2 : 25 toxoplasmosis patients with liver cirrhosis, G3 : 25 patients with liver cirrhosis without toxoplasmosis and G4 : 49 cross-matched liver parasites healthy control.

A statistically significant reduction in the serum level of both Zn and Mg was recorded in G2 compared with G4.

Also, a statistically significant reduction in serum level of both Zn and Mg in G2 compared to G3 in whom Zn and Mg were already depleted.

However, pa-tients with chronic toxoplasmosis and without cirrhosis (G1) compared G4, showed a statistically significant reduction in serum Mg level, but reduction in Zn level was not significant.