Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis and Luteinizing Hormone in Women with and without Recurrent Abortion in Baghdad

Zahraa S. Al-Garawi

To determine the overlaps of toxoplasmosis infection with serum luteinizing hormone level (s. LHL); we carried out this study on Baghdad women who suffered recurrent spontaneous abortion. Herein, a group of pregnant women aborted once (group I), and a second group who had multiple abortions (group II) were compared with a third group of normal pregnant women, which involved to serve as a control (group III). All were conducted to the Public Al- Karakh Hospital in Baghdad, Capital of Iraq, and subjected to have positive and negative-IgG tests, and s. LHL test. Out of 45 patients of the first group, 53% have shown a non-significant increase value of positive-IgG, while 47% of those patients had a negative-IgG stayed within normal, if compared with normal pregnancy women. 73% of the second group have displayed a significant increase of positive-IgG level, and the corresponding s. LHL was significantly high. In addition, notable significant elevation of s. LHL recorded from the second group who had negative-IgG. These results might reveal a significant contribution of hyper s. LHL to the repetition of spontaneous abortion occurrence in Baghdad.