title: [The distribution of intestinal parasites detected in the Uludag University Medical School Hospital between 2005 and 2008].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Intestinal parasite infection is still an important public health problem. In this study, patients (outpatients and in-patients) with various gastrointestinal system complaints presenting at various clinics of the Uludag University Medical Faculty, from January 2009-December 2010 were investigated retrospectively for intestinal parasites.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parasitological examinations were done with native-lugol, cellophane-tape methods and trichrome staining in ambiguous cases. Also modified Erlich-Ziehl-Nielsen staining was used to identify Cryptosporidium spp.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a total of 5,624 cases examined 10.25% were found infected with at least one or more parasite, without difference between genders. Enterobius vermicularis eggs (9.3%) was detected in 227 of 1,971 cellophane tape preparations. The distribution of identified parasites was as follows: Giardia intestinalis, 199 (34.48%); 29 Blastocystis hominis, 136 (23.57%); Entamoeba coli, 83 (14.38%); Enterobius vermicularis, 227 (9.3%). The prevalence of parasite infections in stool samples examined was highest among the age group of 10-29 years old (36.8%), followed by the age group 0-9 years, in which rate was 18.6%. Parasites such as helminth detected in 225 (32.09%) and protozoon in 476 (67.91%) of the patients were included in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study re-emphasises the fact that intestinal parasitic infection is still an important public health problem.
authors.affiliation: Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, 16059 Görükle, Bursa, Türkiye. oktayalver@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alver
authors.forename: Barbaros
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Töre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult