CONCOMITANT INFECTION OF PARASITES AND HELICOBATER PYLORI IN SOHAG UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Volume 54, Issue 3, December 2024, Page 499-504 PDF (3.93 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397266 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
HESHAM EBRAHIM OSMAN  ; AMAL MOSTAFA AHMED; ASMAA NABIL ABOUZEID; AMAAL AHMED ABD EL-MAWGOOD
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| Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium colonizes the gastric mucosa. Chronic infec tions can develop various gastrointestinal complaints as gastritis, gastric and/or duodenal ulcers, cancers, or mucosa-associated lymphomas. Also, gastrointestinal diseases are caused by bacte ria, viruses, and parasites. This study evaluated the intestinal parasites among positive and nega tive H. pylori infected outpatients. Stool samples (200) collected from individuals who attended outpatient clinics in Sohag University Hospitals were examined for H. pylori antigen and gastro intestinal parasites. They were divided into two groups of 100 each, G1: H. pylori positive anti gen cases and G2: H. pylori negative ones as control. The results showed significant increase in G1 than in G2 as to G. lamblia, C. parvum, E. histolytica, B. hominis, E. coli, I. buetschilii, Cy clospora spp., E. vermicularis, H. nana and A. lumbricoides. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Patients; Helicobacter pylori; gastritis; gastrointestinal; parasites | ||||
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