title: Complications of Ascaris lumbricoides infection: case reports from south western Uganda.
abstract: Two cases of intestinal obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides infection are reported from Ishaka Adventist Hospital, in south western Uganda. One was a male aged two and a half years and another was a female aged twenty. They were both treated surgically with good results. A review of the literature also revealed that intestinal obstruction due to A. lumbricoides is a common complication, though other surgical and nutritional complications also seem to be common, they are less reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Mpairwe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014454:Uganda