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
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
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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