profile of intestinal amebiasis in Dakahlia Governorate using the cellulose acetate precipitin test

Entamoeba histolytica is a highly endemic disease in Egypt. The present work was carried out to study the prevalence of amaebiasis in different population groups in Dakahlia province. Two hundred and one patients were examined, of them 110 were males and 97 were females of different age groups. The total infection rate, was found to be 27.3% and 31% among males and females respectively, while invasive amoebiasis were used including stool examination by the Merthiolate iodine formaldehyde concentration[MIFC] method, the indirect haemagglutination[IHA] and the cellulose acetate precipitation [CAP] tests. The IHA test was found to be more specific and sensitive while the CAP test was easier in the application and gave more qualitative information about invasive amoebiasis which favours its application in seroepidemiological studies

Food handlers as a potential hazard in transmission of pathogens in Dakahlia G, Egypt

553 faecal samples from food handlers in Dakahlia Governorate were examined for intestinal pathogens. Pathogenic bacteria were isolated from 43 cases, of which 20 isolates were Shigella, 15 Salmonella and 8 E. coil. Sh. flexneri and Sal. paratyphi [B] were the most common organisms. Faecal samples of 226 cases had one or more intestinal parasites, as E. histolytica, S. mansoni, Ascaris, and some few other parasites. The role of food handlers as a potential hazard in transmission of these intestinal pathogens was discussed