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INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND ATOPIC DISEASES IN CHILDREN: A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

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Different helminth parasites may have different effects on allergy depending on the timing of the exposure. A meta-analysis of many of studies reported the association between the presence of geohelminth eggs in stool samples and asthma provided some evidence for parasite-specific effects. This study evaluated the occurrence of allergy among different intestinal parasitic infected patients. A cross sectional study was carried out from June, 2013 to October, 2013 in the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic of Al-Fayoum University Hospitals among 55 children aged 2 years to 13 years. The data were collected using ISSAC questionnaire of allergy (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) also laboratory analysis of complete blood picture, stool analysis and measurement of total serum IgE were performed for the patients. Among the patients 27 suffered from allergy and 28 had no allergic complain. Stool examinations showed Entrobius vermicularis (15), Trichostrongylus species (9), Hymenolepis nana (8), Entameba histolytica (8), Giardia lamblia (6), and mixed infections (9). The allergic group by parasitological examination 7 children (25.9%) had Entrobius vermicularis; 6 children (22.2%) Entameba histolytica; and 2 children (7.4 %) Giardia lamblia, with eosinophilic count was higher in the enterobiasis infected children than in protozoa infected ones. There were significantly high IgE levels in mixed parasitic infection (P= 0.006) and with Entrobius vermicularis infections (P=0.04). Also statistically significant difference between allergic groups by ISAAC score and the non allergic group regarding Ig E levels (P= 0.03). There was
no significant difference between numbers of children with allergy and those without allergy among different parasitic infections. However, a marked significant association between the allergy and parasitic infected children was not declaimed.

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10.21608/jesp.2015.89948

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Al-Fayoum, children, allergy, parasitosis

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MOHAMED

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AL GHWASS

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ME.

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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fayoum University, Al-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

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HANAA

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EL DASH

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H.

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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fayoum University, Al-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

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SAYED

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AMIN

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A.

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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fayoum University, Al-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

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SHIMAA

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HUSSIN

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S.

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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fayoum University, Al-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

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45

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2

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13496

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2015-08-01

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2020-05-16

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2015-08-01

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413

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419

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1110-0583

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2090-2549

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

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https://jesp.journals.ekb.eg/

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INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND ATOPIC DISEASES IN CHILDREN: A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

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22 Jan 2023