The Incidence of Intestinal Parasites in the Pediatric Health and Disease Service and Effect of These Parasites on Height, Weight, Anemia and Eosinophile Values
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The Incidence of Intestinal Parasites in the Pediatric Health and Disease Service and Effect of These Parasites on Height, Weight, Anemia and Eosinophile Values

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2008;32(1):51-53
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Abstract

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).

Keywords: Parasite, height, weight, anemia, eosinophile