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A total of 224 Bhil tribal individuals (115 males and 109 females) of different age groups inhabiting tribal rural areas of Udaipur district of Rajasthan, India were investigated for the prevalence of intestinal parasitic (protozoan and helminths) infections. Fresh stool samples of these tribal subjects were examined microscopically by direct wet smear with saline and 1 % Lugol's iodine and formaline ether concentration. Of these 116 (51.78 %) were found to be infected with diverse species of intestinal parasites. Male individuals showed relatively higher (56.52 %) prevalence of infection as compared to their counterparts (46.78 %). Out of 116 infected tribal subjects, 53 (23.66 %), 33 (14.73 %) and 30 (13.39 %) were infected with protozoan, helminths and mixed (protozoan + helminths) parasitic infections, respectively. Maximum number of parasitic infections occurred in the age group of 6-10 years (69.23 %) in both sexes. Among the intestinal parasites, Entamoeba histolytica was the commonest (14.73 %) followed by Entamoeba coli (8.92 %), Taenia solium (5.35 %), Ascaris lumbricoides (4.46 %), Hymenolepis nana (2.23 %), Ancylostoma duodenale (0.89 %), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.89 %), Trichuris trichiura (0.44 %) and Hymenolepis diminuta (0.44 %). Data pertaining to distribution of parasite species in different age groups, and variation in prevalence of their infection in relation to age and sex were also analysed statistically and found to be significant. Possible causes for variation in prevalence of protozoan and helminthic infection are discussed.
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Segmental dilatation of the colon is a rare entity. The authors report unique case of segmental dilatation of the cecum and ascending colon with high anorectal malformation in a newborn, and the possible embryogenesis of this condition is discussed.
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Anormalidades Múltiplas/embriologia , Anus Imperfurado/embriologia , Doenças do Colo/congênito , Reto/anormalidades , Anormalidades Múltiplas/patologia , Anormalidades Múltiplas/cirurgia , Anus Imperfurado/cirurgia , Doenças do Ceco/congênito , Doenças do Ceco/diagnóstico , Doenças do Ceco/embriologia , Doenças do Ceco/cirurgia , Colo/irrigação sanguínea , Colo/embriologia , Doenças do Colo/diagnóstico , Doenças do Colo/embriologia , Doenças do Colo/cirurgia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Dilatação Patológica/congênito , Dilatação Patológica/diagnóstico , Dilatação Patológica/embriologia , Dilatação Patológica/cirurgia , Doença de Hirschsprung/diagnóstico , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Artéria Mesentérica Superior/anormalidades , Artéria Mesentérica Superior/embriologia , Artéria Mesentérica Superior/patologia , Reto/embriologia , Reto/cirurgiaAssuntos
Tinha/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Índia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
PIP: 70 infertile males with epididymal tenderness, pus cells in the semen, and/or history of urinary tract infection were studied by semen culture examination. Significant growth of Streptococcus fecalis, Escherichia coli, coagulase positive Staphylococci, Proteus valgaris, Pseudomonas pyocyanea, and beta hemolytic Strepticocci was found in 42.9% of the cases. Most of the tested strains were sensitive to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole, nitrofurantoin, erythromycin, and chloramphenicol. In a control group of 20 healthy fertile males, only an insignificnat growth of Staphylococcus albus and Streptococcus facalis was found in 65% of the samples. Nonspecific seminal tract infection can be an important cause of male infertility. These infections may affect fertility in several ways: by damaging sperm, hampering their motility, altering the chemical composition of the seminal fluid, or by producing an inflammatory structure in the tract. Seminal infection could also be the cause of the chronicity of urinary tract infection by acting as the reservoir of infection.^ieng