HELICOBACTER PYLORI CO-INFECTED WITH COMMON INTESTINAL PROTOZOA IN GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Page 390-393 PDF (712.16 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113063 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| MARWA M. I. GHALLAB1; SALWA M. MORSY2 | ||||
| 1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University | ||||
| 2Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The zoonotic intestinal protozoan parasites and Helicobacter pylori) are worldwide distributed human pathogens. This study evaluated the co-infection between H. pylori and the commonest intestinal protozoan parasites. A total of 240 stool samples were collected over one year from patients attending outpatients' clinics of Kafrelsheikh University Hospitals, after verbal consent for participation. Samples were subjected to microscopic examination directly before and after formol ether concentration. Samples were examined using merthiolate iodine formalin (MIF) direct smears to detect G. intestinelis and permanent modified trichrome and modified acid-fast cold kinyoun's stained smears to detect E. histolytica/dispar and Cryptosporidium spp. respectively. Screening with immune-chromatographic test (ICT) detected H. pylori infection. The results showed that H. pylori were in 160/240 (66.7%). Univariate analysis showed significance association between H. pylori and protozoan causing diarrhea (P = 0.015). These protozoan parasites were with G. intestinalis ((P=0.002), E. histolytica/dispar (P= 0.041), Cryptosporidium parvum (P =0.018) and Blastocystis hominis (P= 0.040). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Patients; Heliobacter pylori; Intestinal protozoan parasites | ||||
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