Bronchial asthma associated with intestinal parasites.
Fifty patients with bronchial asthma and 50 normal controls were studied in Hacettepe University Medical Center. Forty per cent of the patients with bronchial asthma and 14% of the controls had ascarides in the stool examinations. The significant difference in these two groups indicates that intestinal parasites, should be looked for in the patients with bronchial asthma.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000150:complications; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000150:complications