Intestinal parasitosis in the monks and novices at kanmphaeng saen district, nakhon pathom province.

ABSTRACT

In September 1988, the authors examined 173 fecal specimens of the monks and novides at Kamphaeng Saen Mong College, Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom Province, central Thailand, 56 km from Bangkok. The presence of parasites was found in 48.56% of apecimens examined. These were hookworm Opisthorchis viverrini, Strongyloides stercoralis Echinostome eggs, Tania eggs, Trichuris trichiura, Blastocystis hominis, Entamoeba coli, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas hominids, and Fntamoeba histolytic encountered in 12.39%, 17.34%, 8.6%, 2.31%, 1.16%, 0.58%, 7.51, 4.62%, 4.05%, 1.16 and 0.58% restively. Praziquantel 40 mg/lg and niclosamide 2 gm were given in single dose orally for the fluke infections and taeniasis respectively. Metronidazole 400 mg and 700 mg thrice daily for 7 and 10 days were also given for fiardiasis and amoebiasis respectively.