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It's a retrospective study dealing with 30573 stool exams and 5844 scotch tape tests done in the parasitology-mycology laboratory of Sfax hospital [Tunisia] during 1997 to 2006. 26.6% of stool exams were positive. Third of parasitized patients were children. Protozoa were found in 96.5% Flagellae [54.3%] dominated by Dientamaeba fragilis [30.3%] and Giardia lamblia [17%]; Amoeba [41 .9%] with E histolytica/E dispar in 2.2% of cases. Cryptosporidium parvum was found in 17 cases; Microsporidium sp in 2 HIV positive and Isospora belli in one case. Helminths found in 3.5% were represented by Enterobius vermicularis [49%], Hymenolepis nana [31.4%], Strongyloides stercoralis [0.3%], Taenia saginata [0.3%] and Ankylostoma duodenale [one case]. The social movements occurring in Sfax characterized by rural migration and installation of young persons working in the market gardening could maintain the parasitism frequency
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Infecções por Protozoários , Helmintos , Flagelos , Dientamoeba , Giardia , Amoeba , Entamoeba histolytica , Cryptosporidium parvum , Microsporídios não Classificados , Ancylostoma , Taenia saginata , Strongyloides stercoralis , Hymenolepis nana , Enterobius , IsosporaRESUMO
Cutaneous dirofilariasis is a zoonosis which mainly occurs in dogs and cats. Human dirofilariasis is rare. At our knowledge, only five cases of human dirofilariasis were reported in Tunisia. We report here two new cases of cutaneous dirofilariasis arising in two 19 and 21 year-old patients. The first one was admitted for surgical excision of a paraombilical cutaneous nodule. The second patient presented with multiple erythematous and pruriginous papules. In both cases, the histological examination revealed the presence of a worm diagnosed as Dirofilaria repens. The evolution was favourable after surgical resection in the first case and spontaneously in the second case
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Dirofilariose/cirurgia , Dirofilaria , Pele/patologiaRESUMO
A retrospective study of strongyloidiasis cases was carried out in Sfax University [Tunisia], between 1989 and June 2001. Diagnosis was done by direct stool examination, concentration methods, Baermann larval extraction and fecal culture strongyloidiasis was diagnosed in 27 patients, of whom 77% were males living in rural areas under a low socioeconomic level. The mean age of the patients was 47 years [8-85 years]. Hyperesinophilia was present in 75% of the cases and 7 patients were treated by systemic corticosteroids. So, it is important to detect this parasite by repeated parasitological stool examinations, particularly before a long corticosteroid treatment