PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED TO INTESTINAL PARASITE INFECTIONS AMONG PATIENTS WITH GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS IN NAHAVAND, WESTERN IRAN
Autor: | Abbas Solgi, Seyyed Javad Seyyed Tabaei, Nozhat Zebardast, Hamed Kiani, Eznollah Azargashb, Ali Rostami, Ali Haghighi |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cross-sectional study Iran medicine.disease_cause Gastrointestinal disorders Feces 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Prevalence 030212 general & internal medicine Intestinal Diseases Parasitic Child Aged 80 and over biology Entamoeba coli Dysentery Cryptosporidium General Medicine Middle Aged Parasitic diseases Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Original Article Female medicine.symptom Adult medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Adolescent lcsh:RC955-962 030231 tropical medicine Intestinal parasite Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Giardia lamblia Aged Intestinal parasites business.industry Infant Newborn Infant biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Immunology business |
Zdroj: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 58, Article number: 42, Published: 24 MAY 2016 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 58, Iss 0 (2016) Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
Popis: | We studied the prevalence of intestinal parasites (IPs), their risk factors and associated symptoms among patients with gastrointestinal disorders. A total of 1,301 participants aged 22 days-90 years were enrolled in this study. We used a structured questionnaire to obtain socio-demographic and stool examination to investigate intestinal parasite infections. Data analysis was performed using SPSS16. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites (IPs) was 32.2% (419/1,301). Three hundred and fifty nine cases/1,301 (27.6%) were infected with a single parasite and 60/1,301 cases (4.6%) presented polyparasitism. The most common IP was Blastocystis sp. 350/1,301 (26.9%), followed by Entamoeba coli 38/1,301 (2.92%), Giardia lamblia 30/1,301 (2.3%) and Cryptosporidium spp. 17/1,301 (1.3%). Regarding the socio-demographic variables, educational status (p = 0.001), contact with domestic animals and soil (p = 0.02), age above 15 years (p = 0.001) and seasons (p = 0.001) were significantly associated to intestinal parasitic infections. Concerning clinical characteristics, the presence of IPs was significantly associated to diarrhea (OR = 1.57; CI 95% = 1.24-1.98; p < 0.001) and dysentery (OR = 1.94; CI 95% = 1.03-3.66; p < 0.04). Our findings suggest that IPs are one of the main causal agents of gastrointestinal disorders. Improving the knowledge on local risk factors such as poverty, low level of education, poor sanitation, contact with soil and contact with domestic animal is warranted. |
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