Changing patterns of gastrointestinal parasite infections in Cambodian children: 2006-2011.
We studied gastrointestinal parasites in symptomatic Cambodian children attending a provincial hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia between 2006 and 2011. A total of 16 372 faecal samples were examined by direct microscopy. Parasites were detected in 3121 (19.1%) samples and most common were Giardia lamblia (8.0% of samples; 47.6% disease episodes), hookworm (5.1%; 30.3%) and Strongyloides stercoralis (2.6%; 15.6%). The proportion of infected children increased, and the number of disease episodes effectively treated with a single dose of mebendazole decreased, over the 5-year period.
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. catrin@tropmedres.ac
Catrin E
CE
Moore
Put Chhat
PC
Hor
Sona
S
Soeng
Sopheary
S
Sun
Sue J
SJ
Lee
Christopher M
CM
Parry
Nicholas P J
NP
Day
Nicole
N
Stoesser
D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole