ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES
EL HADY, H., HUSSEIN, S., MOHAMED, A., ABD ELRAHIM, B. (2015). ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES. EKB Journal Management System, 45(2), 315-320. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89906
HANAA AHMED EL HADY; S. M. M. HUSSEIN; ASHRAF MUSTAFA MOHAMED; BADAWY ABD ELHALEEM ABD ELRAHIM. "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES". EKB Journal Management System, 45, 2, 2015, 315-320. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89906
EL HADY, H., HUSSEIN, S., MOHAMED, A., ABD ELRAHIM, B. (2015). 'ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES', EKB Journal Management System, 45(2), pp. 315-320. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89906
EL HADY, H., HUSSEIN, S., MOHAMED, A., ABD ELRAHIM, B. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 45(2): 315-320. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89906

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 10, Volume 45, Issue 2, August 2015, Page 315-320  XML PDF (2.82 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89906
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Authors
HANAA AHMED EL HADY1; S. M. M. HUSSEIN2; ASHRAF MUSTAFA MOHAMED3; BADAWY ABD ELHALEEM ABD ELRAHIM2
1Departments of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt.
2Departments of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit Branch of Al-Azhar University ,Assuit, Egypt.
3Departments of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt.
Abstract
This study was carried out on fifty children suffering from Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis and attending ophthalmology outpatient clinics of Sohag University Teaching Hospital and Sohag Ophthalmology Hospital, of them 30 (60%) male and 20 (40%) females with age range from 6months to 14 years. Fifty stool samples were collected and examined microscopically for detection of any parasitic infection. 12(24%) cases were infected with Hymenolepis nana, one (2%) case was infected with E. hyistolytica, one case was infected Enterobius vermicularis, one case was infected with Giardia lamblia and one case was infected Tenia spp., regarding to age and sex distribution of the disease, male gender and age ranged from 6-8years were more affected, rural children were more affected than urbans one.
Keywords
Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis; Children; Gastro-intestinal parasites
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