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Parasitic etiology of newborn gastroenteritis in Babylon governorate | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-506 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Raad A. Kadhim; Ali Hussain M. Al-Marzoqi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the present study, 173 children stool specimens less than 12 months of age suffering from diarrhea collected in suitable clean containers and examined firstly macroscopically and then microscopically from Babylon hospital for children and maternity from January/2008 to May/2008. Presenting acute diarrhea was examined to identify associated parasitic Enteropathogens agents. Parasitic causes formed (56%) from all cases represented by; Entamoeba histolytica 41.2%, Ascaris lumbericoides 32%, Giardia lamblia 18.6%, Trichuris trichura 6.2% and Hymenolepis nana 2%. Parasitic infections in rural newborn revealed (68%) higher than urban cases (31.9%), Parasitic infections with breast feeding are less infected than whom artificial depending feeding (42.2%) and (57.7%) respectively. Most parasitic infection like Entamoeba histolytica, Ascaris lumbericoides, Giardia lamblia and Trichuris trichura was higher in patients aged from (9-12 months) formed 70%, 64.5%, 55.5% and 100% respectively. | ||
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