title: [Co-occurrence of parasites sensu lato in alimentary tract of patients hospitalised in lower Silesia].
abstract: Up to now, the co-occurrence of parasites sensu stricto and fungi were confirmed mostly in the oral cavity. The aim of the present parallel parasitological and mycological investigations was to determine co-occurrence of protozoa, helminths and fungi (parasites sensu lato) both in smears from cavity and in stool samples of 93 patients undergoing the non-parasitological treatment in two hospitals of Lower Silesia (Poland). Among the examined patients parasites sensu lato (13 species) were found in 62 cases (63%). Trofozoites of Trichomonas tenax and/or Entamoeba gingivalis as well as fungi (Candida albicans, C. krusei, C. tropicalis and C. pseudotropicalis) occurred in 10% of the examined patients. Almost all infected cases (90%) were joined with infection of common invasion of protozoa and fungi. In stool common invasion of parasites sensu lato (Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba coli, Ascaris lumbricoides, Taenia sp., Enterobius vermicularis as well as Candida albicans, C. krusei, C. pseudotropicalis, C. guilliermondii and Rhodotorula sp.) were found in 12% of the patiens. The co-occurrence of parasites and fungi was stated in the half of invasions. C. albicans was the most often co-occurring species in alimentary tract.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Parazytologii Ogólnej Instytutu Mikrobiologii UWr 51-148 Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego 63.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lonc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klaus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiewra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology