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Journals / Eastern Journal of Medicine / 2018 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 4

Determination of the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasites in children with diarrhea

Sahime İŞLER
YUNUS EMRE BEYHAN
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232–236
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It was concluded that all children with gastro-intestinal complaints should be evaluated for intestinal parasites, mainly opportunistic ones, without preliminary screening whether the patient is diarrhea or not.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study is to determine the most frequent opportunistic intestinal parasites in children and demonstrate its importance.
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The aim of this study is to determine the most frequent opportunistic intestinal parasites in children and demonstrate its importance. Study was conducted on patients between the ages 0 and 16. The study consisted of a total of 150 children, 66 girls and 84 boys. 44 of the girls and 56 of the boys (100 in total) had diarrhea. Evaluation was done by native-Lugol, flotation in saturated zinc sulfate, and modified acid-fast staining. Intestinal parasites were detected in 38% of 150 examined stool samples. Among them 41% of those with diarrhea and 32% of those without diarrhea were positive. The highest observed parasite species was detected as Blastocystis hominis (14.7%); and the lowest were Ascaris lumbricoides and Hymenolepis nana (0.7%). It was concluded that all children with gastro-intestinal complaints should be evaluated for intestinal parasites, mainly opportunistic ones, without preliminary screening whether the patient is diarrhea or not.

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İŞLER, S., BEYHAN, Y. E. (2018). Determination of the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasites in children with diarrhea. Eastern Journal of Medicine, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 4, 232–236. https://ajindex.com/articles/198816

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