parastic infection associated with acute appendicitis in surgically removed appendices

• Main Authors: Abdul-Razak S. Hassan, Ahmed J. Mohamed, Nadhim G. Numan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad 2009-07-01
• Series: مجلة كلية الطب
• Subjects: parastic infection, acute appendicitis, Diyala
• Online Access: http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1208

BACKGROUND-to explor the infections associated with acute appendicitis in surgically removed appendices in Diyala. Materials and Methods: this study include 160 surgically removed appendices with acute appendicitis . the patients were 66 fenales and 94 males. the age range was 5-53years with mean age 22.9±7.2 years.the surgically removed appendicitis were submitted for gross inspection and microscopic examination including direct mount, sedimentation and flotation techniques. Additionally specimens from 25 appendices were processed and examined histopathologically. Results: The rate of parasitic infection in surgically removed appendices was 26.2%. the rate of single parastic infection was 23.1%, while the rate of two parasticwas 3,1%. there were insignificant differences in the rate of infection regarding the sex and age of patients . Additionally there were significant differences in the histopathological changes observed in appendices with parastic infection compared to those without infection. conclusion: parastic infection may play a role in the development of acute appendicitis in patients with surgically removed appendices in Diyala province