Parasitic infestations during pregnancy in Zagazig

ABSTRACT

In a study of parasitic infestations in [1041] pregnant women in Zagazig, more than half of the cases [55353.3%] were infested while 182 women [17.48%] were infested with more than one parasite. The detected helminthes were Schistosoma mansoni [12912.39%]. Schistosoma haematobium [383.56%], enterobius vermicularis [16716.04%] Ascaris lumbricoides [10810.37%], H. heterophyes [403.84%], Hymenolepis nana [141.34%], Strongyloides stercora lis [50.48%] and Trichuris trichura [10.096%]. Protozoa were entamaeba histolytica [1039.89%]. Giardia lamblia [545.19%] while Toxoplasmosis was detected in 17 cases from 45 cascs of abortion. More incidence of bacteriuria [15.37% vs 6.96%], albuminuria [11.21% vs 3.48%] and anaemia [63.47% vs 15.37%] was found in the infested than in the non-infested cases. Also obstetric complications such as abortion [8.5% vs 3.69%], premature labour [3.8% vs 1.43], puerperal sepsis [3.26% vs 0.41] and postpartum haemorrhage [1.08% vs 0.41] were of more incidences in the infested than in the non-infested cases