The effect of Entomoeba gingivalis infection in patients with diabetes and high pressure on the level of Malonaldehyde and Glutathione

Abstract

The current study was conducted on the Entamoeba gingivalis parasite, where only 65 females samples were collected in the form of swabs from the periodontal pocket from the subjects visiting the periodontal branch of the Teaching Hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry of the College of Dentistry / University of Mosul during the period from 12/1/2019 to 1/12/2020. Among 59 samples of females with gum disease and 16 samples from healthy feamle without gum disease, the total infection rate of the amoeba parasite for males was 69.14%, distributed among males with gum disease, where the infection rate was 73.84% and among males without gum disease 50%. A number of biochemical tests were performed on males with gum disease and some of them had hypertension and diabetes, and included measuring the concentration of glutathione (GSH), as well as measuring the of Malone didehyde (MDA) in the serum of females.