[The incidence of intestinal parasites in the pediatric health and disease service and effect of these parasites on height, weight, anemia and eosinophile values].
The presence of intestinal parasites was investigated in a total of one hundred twenty patients who were hospitalized in the Cumhuriyet University Hospital, Pediatric Service, between 1 March and 1 April 2005. Parasites were found in 8 out of 120 (6.7%) patients. Giardia intestinalis was found in 5 (4.2%) of the patients, Enterobius vermicularis in 2 (1.7%), and Taenia sp. in 1 (0.8%). No significant relationships were detected from the standpoint of height, weight and anemia parameters, when patients with parasites were compared to a non-infected group (P > 0.05), but eosinophile findings were high in the group with parasites, and finally, a significant statistical correlation were detected between parasite-eosinophile values (p < 0.05).
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Tarik
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Cumhuriyet Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Parazitoloji Anabilim Dali, Sivas, Turkey.
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Değerli
Serpil
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Aciöz
Mehmet
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D000293:Adolescent; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D006454:Hemoglobins