Intestinal parasites and report of etiological analysis in a state hospital

• Main Authors: Alicem Tekin, Melek İnci, Özcan Deveci, Erkan Yula
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2011-03-01
• Series: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
• Subjects: Intestinal parasites; etiological analysis; state hospital
• Online Access: http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/4/JCEI-00579.pdf
• ISSN: 1309-8578; 1309-6621

Intestinal parasitosis is a major public healthproblem particularly in the developing countries and affectsapproximately 4 billion people globally. The presentedstudy aimed to determine the prevalence of multiple(mixt) intestinal parasites and potential source of infectionin our region.Materials and methods: A total of 1,620 stool specimenthat sent to Kızıltepe State Hospital Microbiology Laboratorythroughout a 4 months period to investigate forparasitic agents were included. Following macroscopicexamination, stool specimens were precipitated and examinedfor intestinal parasites by copro-parasitologicalmethods including native-lugol method. All of stoolspecimens were investigated for Entamoeba histolytica/dispar screening by Micro-ELISA method usingcommercial kits regarding with the existence of adhesinantigens.Results: In this study, a total of 1,620 human stool sampleswere examined and 447 (27.6%) were found to befavorable for intestinal parasites. Among infected stoolsamples, 63 (14.1%) were infected with two parasites and18 (4.0%) with three parasites. The first three most commonparasites were Giardia intestinalis (43.3%), Taeniaspp. (36.4%) and Trichomonas hominis (5.4%). There wasno significant difference between males and females inmultiple infected (G. intestinalis & Taenia spp.) stoolsamples (p>0.05).Conclusion: Our findings suggested that intestinal parasiticinfections remain endemic in our region. J Clin ExpInvest 2011;2(1): 74-79