Study of P-selectin and some markers in patients with Giardia lamblia parasite

Mohammed Noori Al-Dujaili1, Saleem Khteer Al-Hadraawy2, Ali Hassan Abood2, Naser Jawad Kadhim2
1College of medicine / university of Kufa/Iraq
2College of sciences / university of Kufa /Iraq
Abstracts
The study was conducted on 60 patients and 30 healthy as control group to determine the influences of infected with Giardia lamblia on levels of p-selectin, ferritin and IL-5, patient infected with G. lamblia in compared with healthy group. Who have visited Al-Sadder medical city and
Al-Hakeem Hospital in Al- Najaf AL-Ashraf Province during the period from October, 2015 till March 2016. Diagnosis infection with this parasite by using the wet amount microscope for stool from patients. The results showed significant increase (P<0.05) in p-selectin and IL-5 in G. lamblia infection patients in compared to control group. Whereas the results showed a significant decrease (P<0.05) in serum concentration of ferritin in G. lamblia infection patients in compared to control group.
Key word: Giardia lamblia, P-selectin, ferritin, IL-5