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A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE INFECTIONS OF THE INTESTINAL PARASITE PATIENTS PRESENTED TO THE MAYO HOSPITAL LAHORE

1Dr. Maria Mazhar, 2Dr. Danish Ali, 2Dr. Muhammad Ali Raza

Objectives: The aim of this research work is to conclude the occurrence of the infections due to parasites in the patients referred to the Mayo Hospital Lahore during the season of summer in the year of 2017. Methodology: Direct examination, concentration of the formalin ether & Ziehl Neelsen staining of the stool samples carried out. For the detection of the SS (Strongyloides stercoralis) samples of stools were refined on the medium of the nutrient agar. Results: Examination of two hundred and five patients carried out. In which 29.75% patients were present with the infection of at least single parasite. The rates of the occurrences were as follows: Blastocystis hominis was in about twenty-one percent patients, Giardia lamblia was in more than five percent, Iodamoeba butschelii was in 0.48%, Dientamoeba fragilis & Trichomonas hominis has the same rate of 0.48%, Endolimax nana was less than one percent. Enterobius vermicularis & Taenia were also available in 0.48%. Conclusion: The outcome of this research work involved the importance of the infection of Giardia in children with its signs. About seventy-seven percent patients suffering with infection of Blastocystis found with symptoms of intestinal infection. Research works in future are required to diagnose the association of B. hominis & the signs or symptoms. Key Word: Abnormalities, Dientamoeba Fragilis, Trichomonas Hominies, Pathogens, Sanitation, Intestinal Infection, Abdomen

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