[Gastrointestinal parasitosis in patients treated in the Gastroenterology Clinic of the Medical Academy and Clinical Ward at the Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin in the years 1981-1990].
Gastroenteric parasites were found in 118 patients, which made up 1.1% of the total number of patients. This number included 62 men and 50 women aged 17-74, 41 on average. The most frequent parasite was Giardia intestinalis. It was found in 82 patients, which constituted 0.78% of the total number of patients and 69.5% of patients infected by parasites. Trichuris trichiura was diagnosed in 16 patients, which made up 0.150% of the total number of patients and 13.4% of the cases of parasitoses. Ascariasis and oxyuriasis were observed in 8 and 7 patients, respectively. The most rarely found parasites were Taeniarhynchus saginatus (3 patients) and Strongyloides stercoralis (2). Parasitic diseases were most often concomitant with: cholecystitis (23 patients), and duodenal ulcer (15). The results of biochemical tests most frequently showed abnormal values of haemoglobin (31.3% of all parasitoses), elevated lipase values (28.8%), eosinophilia (22.2%). Hypoacidity was observed in 48.3% of cases and the positive bile culture results in 28.8%.
Schabowski
J
J
Oddział Kliniczny Instytutu Wsi, Lublin.
Skrzydło-Radomańska
B
B
Daniluk
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology
Parazytozy przewodu pokarmowego u pacjentów Kliniki Gastroenterologii Akademii Medycznej i Oddziału Klinicznego Instytutu Medycyny Wsi w Lublinie w latach 1981-1990.