title: Intestinal parasites in children with neoplasms.
abstract: Stool specimens taken from 50 children with malignancy and from 92 healthy children were investigated for intestinal parasites, using the modified formol ethyl acetate concentration method, and native-lugol, trichrome and Kinyoun acid-fast stain methods. Thirty-eight (76.0%) of the 50 patients had lymphoma or leukemia and were considered immunosuppressed. Several different parasites were found in 21 (42.0%) of the 50 patients with malignancy and in 16 (47.3%) of the 38 patients with immune deficiency compared to in only 16 (17.3%) of the 92 healthy children. The incidence of parasites in patients with malignancy or immunosuppression was significantly higher than in the healthy control group (p<0.01, p<0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erbay
authors.forename: Ciler
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akisu
authors.forename: Hurşit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Apa
authors.forename: Soykan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkoç
authors.forename: Sevinç
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztürk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*