Relationship between Ascaris lumbricoides Infection and Bronchial Asthma in Juhayna City, Sohag, Upper Egypt | ||||
Sohag Medical Journal | ||||
Article 7, Volume 21, Issue 3, October 2017, Page 61-64 PDF (58.56 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2017.35468 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hanaa Ahmed El-Hady1; Mohammed Abd El-Raheem2; Amal Mostafa Ahmed3; Nasr El Deen) Mohammed Ali4; Ayman awad El- Zohari5 | ||||
1Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University | ||||
2DepartmentFaculty of Medicine- Al-Azhar University (Assiut branch) | ||||
3Departement of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine , Sohag University | ||||
4Department of Medical parasitology, Faculty of Medicine,AlAzharUniversity (Assiut Branch) | ||||
5Department of Medical Parasitology ,Faculty of Medicine , Al-Azhar University (Assiut branch) | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflamatory disorder of the airways characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and reversible airflow obstruction that fluctuates over time. Parasitic infection is one of the environmental factors associated with a small increase in bronchial asthma risk. In the present study, 200 stool samples were collected from patients suffering from bronchial asthma and 200 stool samples from non-asthmatic healthy volunteers as control group. The collected samples were preserved in 10%formalin and examined macroscopically, microscopically by direct smear and formol ether sedimentation test. It was found that 12 out of 200 cases (6%) wereinfected with Ascaris lumbricoides in asthmatic group and 2 out of 200 cases (1%) in control group with P-value = 0.007 * indicating statistically significant difference between cases and control group | ||||
Keywords | ||||
bronchial asthma; Ascaris lumbricoides | ||||
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