INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
AHMED, M., ALAM-ELDIN, Y., ELTAWEEL, N., ELMORSY, S. (2015). INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. EKB Journal Management System, 45(2), 367-373. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89921
MONA A. AHMED; YOSRA H. ALAM-ELDIN; NAGWA A. ELTAWEEL; SOHA ELMORSY. "INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA". EKB Journal Management System, 45, 2, 2015, 367-373. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89921
AHMED, M., ALAM-ELDIN, Y., ELTAWEEL, N., ELMORSY, S. (2015). 'INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA', EKB Journal Management System, 45(2), pp. 367-373. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89921
AHMED, M., ALAM-ELDIN, Y., ELTAWEEL, N., ELMORSY, S. INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 45(2): 367-373. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89921

INTESTINAL PARASITES DETECTED DURING PRE-EMPLOYMENT STOOL EXAMINATION AT TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 16, Volume 45, Issue 2, August 2015, Page 367-373  XML PDF (3.31 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89921
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Authors
MONA A. AHMED1, 2; YOSRA H. ALAM-ELDIN3; NAGWA A. ELTAWEEL4, 5; SOHA ELMORSY6, 7
1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.+
2Laboratory and Blood Bank Department King Abdullah Medical City, Makah Saudi Arabia.
3Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
4Laboratory and Blood Bank Department King Abdullah Medical City, Makah Saudi Arabia.+
5Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
6Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.+
7Research Centre of King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
This retrospective study determined the intestinal parasites discovered in 2490 new employees in a tertiary health care center in Makah as regards nationalities, age groups and sex over the period from January 2010 to January 2014 to decrease introduction of communicable diseases. All the data were provided through the electronic hospital information system. The overall positive cases were 16%, significantly higher in females 57.4% than males 42.6%. Differences in distribution of positive records among different geographical areas were highly significant being highest in East Asia 59.8 %. Blastocystis hominis was the most common parasite. It occurred in 78.9% of positive cases followed by Entamoeba coli 9.3%, Giardia lamblia 5.8% and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar 5.3%. These findings should motivate any other country importing expatriate employees to have effective screening programs for intestinal parasites.
Keywords
Intestinal parasites; Saudi Arabia; Immigrant employees; pre-employment examination
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