VITAMIN D ESTIMATION IN GIARDIA LAMBLIA INFECTED PATIENTS IN UPPER EGYPT | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Volume 53, Issue 1, April 2023, Page 71-74 PDF (754.41 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2023.297347 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| HESHAM EBRAHIM OSMAN1; MUSTAFA ABDOU HASSAN2; MOHAMMED SAYED FARRAG AHMED2; NOHA SAMMER AHMED1 | ||||
| 1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University | ||||
| 2Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assuit Branch), Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Giardia lamblia is one of the parasites affecting gastrointestinal tract causing diarrhea. Recurrent diarrhea may be associated with decreased serum level of vitamin D. The present study determined the vitamin D level in Giardia lamblia infected patients and the relation between G. lamblia infection and vitamin D deficiency among patients with acute or chronic diarrhea selected from those attended Sohag University Hospitals clinics, from February 2021 to February 2022. A total of 192 patients with acute and chronic diarrhea selected from both sexes, 96 patients (62 rural, 34 urban) were G. lamblia positive with ages ranged from 3 to 63 years. Of the cross-matched 96/204selected control (59 rural, 37 urban) were negative for G. lamblia. Serum 25-OH vitamin D estimated by ELISA showed significant decrease in mean level in patients than in controls. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Patients; Giardia lamblia; diarrhea; 25-OH vitamin D | ||||
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