TY  - JOUR
TI  - Determination of the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasites in children with diarrhea
AB  - The aim of this study is to determine the most frequent opportunistic intestinal parasites in children and demonstrate itsimportance. Study was conducted on patients between the ages 0 and 16. The study consisted of a total of 150 children, 66girls and 84 boys. 44 of the girls and 56 of the boys (100 in total) had diarrhea. Evaluation was done by native-Lugol,flotation in saturated zinc sulfate, and modified acid-fast staining. Intestinal parasites were detected in 38% of 150examined stool samples. Among them 41% of those with diarrhea and 32% of those without diarrhea were positive. Thehighest observed parasite species was detected as Blastocystis hominis (14.7%); and the lowest were Ascaris lumbricoides andHymenolepis nana (0.7%). It was concluded that all children with gastro-intestinal complaints should be evaluated forintestinal parasites, mainly opportunistic ones, without preliminary screening whether the patient is diarrhea or not.
AU  - BEYHAN, Yunus Emre
AU  - İŞLER, Sahime
DO  - 10.5505/ejm.2018.70883
PY  - 2018
JO  - Eastern Journal of Medicine
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 232
EP  - 236
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/325735
ER  -