Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Patients of Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Zaglool, Dina Am; Khodari, Yousif Aw; Gazzaz, Zohair Jamil; Dhafar, Khalid O.; Shaker, Hani As; Farooq, Mian Usman

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“…In contrast, the present finding was higher than results from different localities of Ethiopia [2, 24, 25] and other parts of the world; Kashmir (18.02%) [26] and Saudi Arabia 6.2% [27]. This might be attributable to differences in environmental and personal hygiene, source of households’ water supply, and habit of walking bare-footed.…”

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Intestinal parasitosis and anaemia among patients in a Health Center, North Ethiopia

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ObjectiveThe aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the magnitude of intestinal parasitosis and anaemia in a Health Center, North Ethiopia.ResultsA total of 427 outpatients were enrolled and the median age of the participants was 22 years. The prevalence of intestinal parasitosis was 143 (33.5%). Age, place of residence and occupation were significantly associated with intestinal parasitosis. When we see parasite specific factors, significant associations were observed for source of drinking water (P = 0.02), age (P < 0.001) and family size (P = 0.003), respectively with Entameba histolytica, Hookworm and Giardia lamblia infections. The overall prevalence of anaemia was 35 (8.2%). The mean haemoglobin concentration among the study participants was 12.8 mg/dl. The highest prevalence of anemia was recorded for the age group of 15–19 years (29.6%). The proportion of anemia among intestinal parasite -infected and non-infected participants was 10.7 and 7.0%, respectively. Study participants infected with S. stercoralis and hookworm were more likely to develop anaemia than the non- infected ones; AOR (adjusted odds ratio) = 5.3, 95% CI (1.01–27.4); P = 0.028 and AOR = 11.1, 95% CI (3.36–36.9); P = 0.000, respectively.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-017-2957-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Intestinal parasitosis and anaemia among patients in a Health Center, North Ethiopia

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“…13 The present retrospective study revealed that the overall prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation in our set up is 8.17%.This finding is consistent with the findings of the studies done in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Iran. [14][15][16] Inconsistent with this finding, there are several studies conducted round the globe which has shown higher prevalence of parasitic infestation. For example, in a study in rural southern India, the overall period prevalence of intestinal parasites was 97.4% per month 17 and in another study in Sierra Leone showed a prevalence rate of 73.5%.…”

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients attending in a tertiary care hospital of eastern region of Nepal – A retrospective, laboratory based study

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Background:Intestinal parasitosis still constitutes one of the major causes of public health problems in the world, particularly in developing countries. Nepal is a small, impoverished country prevalent to infectious diseases, including intestinal parasitosis. Poverty, lack of awareness, failure to practice proper hand washing after defecation, practice of open defecation, unsafe drinking water and use of improper toilets are some of the reasons causing of parasitic infections. Aims and Objective: To determine the types of intestinal parasites in stool samples of patients attending to hospital. Materials and Methods: Stools specimens collected in standard stool vial were submitted in microbiology (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) unit at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences hospital (BPKIHS) were examined for intestinal parasites by direct wet mount using normal saline (0.9%) and lugol's iodine (0.5%). Results: A total of 11,791 stool samples (2928 in 2006, 2238 in 2007, 2151 in 2008, 2344 in 2009 and 2130 in 2010) were submitted to the Parasitology section of Department of Microbiology BPKIHS were included in the analysis. Of these, 675 (5.72%) were positive intestinal protozoa and 289 (2.45%) for intestinal helminths. Giardia intestinalis accounted for the most prevalent parasitic infection (3.34%) followed by Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar (1.96%) and Hookworm (0.97%). A parasitic infection was observed to be highest among 20-50 years of age group and lowest in the less than 5 years group of subjects. Conclusion: Intestinal parasitosis is a common problem. Amoebiasis, giardiasis and the common intestinal helminthes Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura were prevalent in our settings.

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“…The high frequency of intestinal parasites in a population of a region indicates low socioeconomic development or conditions, poor medical care, occupational exposure and low standard of hygiene (31) . Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of helminthic infection and its effect on the health status of primary school children.The present study showed that there was higher prevalence of parasitic infection among the studied school children in which, more than three quarter of the studied school children (79%) was infected by intestinal parasite (figure 1), and all of the studied school children had poor knowledge about intestinal parasitic infection (table 3).…”

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Prevalence of parasitic Infections and its Effect on the Health Status of Primary School Children

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Hassan³

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Patients of Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: The notable finding from this study is the high prevalence of E. histolytica. Overall, parasitic infections were more prevalent in patients under five years of age and in non-Saudi nationals.

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Intestinal parasitosis and anaemia among patients in a Health Center, North Ethiopia

Intestinal parasitosis and anaemia among patients in a Health Center, North Ethiopia

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients attending in a tertiary care hospital of eastern region of Nepal – A retrospective, laboratory based study

Prevalence of parasitic Infections and its Effect on the Health Status of Primary School Children

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