title: The role of parasitic infection in the aetiology of phlyctenular eye disease.
abstract: Stool and urine analysis of 150 cases of phlyctenular eye disease, revealed that 115 (76.67%) were positive for intestinal parasites. The most prevalent parasites were Hymenolepis nana (49.56%) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (27.82%). Eosinophilia (5-10%) was detected in 90 phlycten cases (60%), 80 of them (88.8%) had parasitic infection. Since H. nana can produce a type of tissue hypersensitivity, phlyctenular eye disease may be partly referred to such an infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Banha Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Nasr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014556:Urine / Q000469:parasitology