Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study

It has been hypothesized that chronic renal failure (CRF) predisposes patients to infection with intestinal protozoa. We tested this hypothesis with a matched case-control study to determine the prevalence of these protozoa and their diarrhea associated symptoms among 50 patients with CRF (cases) fr...

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Main Authors: Yousry A. Hawash, Laila Sh. Dorgham, El-Amir M. Amir, Osama F. Sharaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/563478