RESUMO
Stool samples were obtained from individuals admitted to three hospitals in Basra during November 1997-May 1998. Of 40 patients with sickle-cell anaemia, 25 [62.5%] had parasitic infections. In the apparently healthy comparison group, 26 of 175 individuals [14.8%] had intestinal parasitic infections, a statistically significant difference. The most common intestinal parasites isolated in the sickle-cell patients were Blastocystis hominis [36%] and Giardia lamblia [28%]. The isolation rate of Cryptosporidium species in sickle-cell patients [5%] was not significantly different from that in apparently healthy individuals [1.14%]. We report for the first time the isolation of Isospora belli from a sickle-cell patient in Iraq and the Mediterranean region
Assuntos
Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Animais , Criança , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Distribuição por Idade , Infecções por Blastocystis/epidemiologia , Blastocystis hominis , Criptosporidiose/epidemiologia , Giardia lamblia/epidemiologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/epidemiologia , Isosporíase/epidemiologia , Distribuição por SexoRESUMO
Single stool specimens were obtained from the subjects at the referral center for refugees in Kerman city during spring and fall seasons of 1993. Specimens were processed within 1-2 hours of receipt by the formalin-ether concentration method. The overall prevalence of infection was 23.7% for one or more species of intestinal parasites. The common parasites were Giardia lamblia, 15.2%; Hymenolepis nana, 5.2%, Entamoeba histolytica, 2.5%, and Ascoris lumbricoides, 0.8 perecnt. In general the difference in the distribution of parasites between females and males was not significant