Effect of concurrent infection of Helicobacter pylori with Toxoplasma gondii infection on gastric pathology

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Comparison between the histopathological findings in single H. pylori infection and combined infection with T. gondii.

		Group2		P-value
		Single H. pylori infection n = 24 N (%)	Combined H. pylori + Toxoplasma infection n = 31 N (%)	P-value
Chronic inflammation	absent or mild moderate or severe	12 (50.0%) 12 (50.0%)	6 (19.4%) 25 (80.6%)	0.016٭
Activity	absent or mild moderate or severe	13 (54.2%) 11 (45.8%)	17 (54.8%) 14 (45.2%)	0.960
Atrophy	Absent Focal	22 (91.7%) 2 (8.3%)	29 (93.5%) 2 (6.5%)	1
Intestinal metaplasia	Absent Present	20 (83.3%) 4 (16.7%)	29 (93.5%) 2 (6.5%)	0.387
Atypia	Absent Mild atypia	22 (91.7%) 2 (8.3%)	31 (100%) 0 (0%)	0.186

Different histopathological changes in response to either single infection with H. pylori or concurrent infection with toxoplasmosis were evaluated where significant differences were reported concerning chronic inflammation.*Significant differences

Different histopathological features induced by H. pylori and Toxoplasma coinfection

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