Intestinal parasitic infections associated with anaemia during pregnancy have direct negative impact on the health of expected mother and developing baby. In order to assess the association between anaemia and parasitic infection during pregnancy, a total of 200 stool samples from pregnant women on their first consultation to antenatal service in Koshi Zonal Hospital were collected from April t...

Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis are parasites known to be carcinogenic and causative agents of cholangiocarcinoma in Asia. The standard method for diagnosis for those parasite infections is stool examination to detect parasite eggs. However, the method has low sensitivity, and eggs of O. viverrini and C. sinensis are difficult to distinguish from each other and from those of some...

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare disorder that can present with various gastrointestinal manifestations depending on the specific site and specific layer of the gastrointestinal tract involved. Majority of the cases involve stomach and proximal small bowel. The diagnostic criteria include demonstration of eosinophilic infiltration of bowel wall, lack of evidence of extra intestinal diseas...

A total of 19,252 stool specimens from 12,136 patients were examined by direct microscopy and the ethyl acetate-Formalin concentration method during the last 2 years. All liquid specimens and those in which parasite identification was difficult or equivocal were also examined in trichrome-stained preparations. A total of 3,070 intestinal parasites were seen in 2,889 patients. Blastocystis homin...

We conducted a survey to identify the intestinal parasites and enteropathogenic bacteria involved in episodes of diarrhea in the James Bay (Quebec) Cree, a previously unsurveyed area of Canada. 382 stool samples obtained from a random sample of the population were examined; 29.3% were positive for at least one parasite and 21 different serotypes of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)were i...

A 69-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 6-month history of watery diarrhea without bleeding or weight loss. The patient had received chemotherapy for lung cancer 2 years before the appearance of his symptoms. His laboratory tests revealed eosinophilia, with an absolute eosinophil count of 1950 cells/μL in peripheral blood, without other inflammatory markers. Stool culture was negative for...

The prevalence of intestinal protozoa and geohelminths was assessed among two diverse populations in the Kandy area: adults attending medical outpatients clinics at the Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, and pre-school children in low-cost housing areas within the Kandy Municipality. In addition to a brief history and examination, a fresh stool sample was obtained and examined by direct smears in sa...

Objective To report the prevalence of polyparasitism during pregnancy in Lambaréné region Gabon and its association with newborn birth weight. Method Pregnant women their third trimester were recruited a prospective study between November 2011 March 2015. Parasite infection status was assessed microscopically stool, urine blood samples. Maternal demographic obstetrical characteristics newborns ...

Cryptosporidium is considered to be one of the indicators of environmental contamination and water quality (Garcia 2001, Fayer 2004, Ramirez & Sreevatsan 2006). At the present time the presence of this parasite has been recorded on all the continents, including Antarctica (Fredes et al. 2007a). Since the first description of Cryptosporidium by Tyzzer in 1912, 14 new species of this parasite hav...