<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Faeces examination of hospitalised paediatric patients with respiratory diseases (recurrent and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, contact with TBC, active TBC, rhinopharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, fluidothorax, pleuropneumonia) revealed the total prevalence of endoparasites of 19.85 %, out of which the prevalence of helminth was 7.35 %. Following genera, or species were represented Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichuria, Hymenolepis spp., Enterobius vermicularis. The total prevalence of protozoa was 12.50 % in the following representation: Cryptosporidium spp., Entamoeba spp., Isospora spp., Giardia spp. Out of helminthoses the greatest representation was in Ascaris lumbricoides 4.41 %, and out of protozoa Cryptosporidium spp. 6.62 %. In paediatric patients the increased levels of IgE antibodies were found for individual age groups as well as higher values of eosinophiles (Eo > 5 %), lymphocytes (Lym > 56 %), and Creactive protein (CRP > 8 mg.l−1). Statistically significantly (P &lt; 0.05) higher level (above the reference values) of IgE, Eo, Lym were found in the patients with helminthoses.</p></abstract>

Faeces examination of hospitalised paediatric patients with respiratory diseases (recurrent and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, contact with TBC, active TBC, rhinopharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, fluidothorax, pleuropneumonia) revealed the total prevalence of endoparasites of 19.85 %, out of which the prevalence of helminth was 7.35 %. Following genera, or species were represented Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichuria, Hymenolepis spp., Enterobius vermicularis. The total prevalence of protozoa was 12.50 % in the following representation: Cryptosporidium spp., Entamoeba spp., Isospora spp., Giardia spp. Out of helminthoses the greatest representation was in Ascaris lumbricoides 4.41 %, and out of protozoa Cryptosporidium spp. 6.62 %. In paediatric patients the increased levels of IgE antibodies were found for individual age groups as well as higher values of eosinophiles (Eo > 5 %), lymphocytes (Lym > 56 %), and Creactive protein (CRP > 8 mg.l−1). Statistically significantly (P < 0.05) higher level (above the reference values) of IgE, Eo, Lym were found in the patients with helminthoses.

Endoparasitoses in hospitalised paediatric patients with pulmonary disease

Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Šrobárova 2, 041 80, Košice, SR

Clinic of Paediatric Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava and Šrobár Institute of Paediatric Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Dolný Smokovec, SR

Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, SR

St. Elizabeth College of Health and Social Work, Bratislava, SR

Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Špitálska 24, 813 72, Bratislava, Slovakia

Helminthologia

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Faeces examination of hospitalised paediatric patients with respiratory diseases (recurrent and chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, contact with TBC, active...

Endoparasitoses in hospitalised paediatric patients with pulmonary disease

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 98 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0216-9

Keywords
endoparasitosis, helminths, protozoa, bronchial and pulmonary infections of children, prevalence, epidemiology

© 2014 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Endoparasitoses in hospitalised paediatric patients with pulmonary disease

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 98 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0216-9

Keywordsendoparasitosis, helminths, protozoa, bronchial and pulmonary infections of children, prevalence, epidemiology

© 2014 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
endoparasitosis, helminths, protozoa, bronchial and pulmonary infections of children, prevalence, epidemiology