title: Intestinal parasites in Dakahlia governorate, with different techniques in diagnosing protozoa.
abstract: A total of 3180 patients attending Mansoura University Hospitals' Clinics, were subjected to stool examination by direct wet smear, formol-ether concentration, original formol-tween concentration, modified formol-tween concentration, modified Sheather's sugar floatation, Potassium hydroxide concentration and Gomori's Trichrome stain, and modified Kinyoun's acid-fast stain, and Ryan's Trichrome blue stain for Microsporidia. The intestinal helminthes in a descending order of abundance were: S. mansoni (5.3%), Fasciola sp. (4.8%), H. heterophyes (4.2%), Hymenolepis nana (3.9%), Trichostrongylus sp. (2.6%), A. lumbricoides (1.8%), Strongyloides stercoralis (1.5%), H. diminuta (1.4%), Taenia saginata (1.1%), E. vermicularis (by smear; 1.1 %), T. trichura (0.7%) and lastly A. duodenale (0.1%). The intestinal protozoa in a descending order of abundance were Blastocystis hominis (22.4%), Giardia lamblia (19.6%), Entamoeba histolytica/E.dispar (19%), Iodamoeba butschlii (16%), Cryptosporidium parvum (14.3%), E. coli (9.7%), Isospora hominis (7.7%), Endolimax nana (6.9%), E. hartmani (5.9%), Dientamoeba fragilis (5.1%), Chilomastix mesnili (5.1%), Trichomonas hominis (4.2%), Cyclospora cayetanensis (4.2%), Microsporidia spores (3.2%), Enteromonas hominis (1.9%) and Embadomonas intestinalis (1.3%). The results were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: Atef M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: El Shazly
authors.forename: Soha E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: Doaa M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: Gehan S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sadek
authors.forename: Hazem H M
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Tosson A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Morsy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity