PMID: 15339123Sep 2, 2004Paper

Intestinal parasites, including Cryptosporidium species, in Iraqi patients with sickle-cell anaemia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Santé De La Méditerranée Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-ṣiḥḥīyah Li-sharq Al-mutawassiṭ
N K Mahdi, N H Ali

Abstract

Stool samples were obtained from individuals admitted to three hospitals in Basra during November 1997-May 1998. Of 40 patients with sickle-cell anaemia, 25 (62.5%) had parasitic infections. In the apparently healthy comparison group, 26 of 175 individuals (14.8%) had intestinal parasitic infections, a statistically significant difference. The most common intestinal parasites isolated in the sickle-cell patients were Blastocystis hominis (36%) and Giardia lamblia (28%). The isolation rate of Cryptosporidium species in sickle-cell patients (5%) was not significantly different from that in apparently healthy individuals (1.14%). We report for the first time the isolation of Isospora belli from a sickle-cell patient in Iraq and the Mediterranean region.

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Anemia

Anemia develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells. Anemia of inflammation (AI, also called anemia of chronic disease) is a common, typically normocytic, normochromic anemia that is caused by an underlying inflammatory disease. Here is the latest research on anemia.

Blood And Marrow Transplantation

The use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or blood and marrow transplantation (bmt) is on the increase worldwide. BMT is used to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Here is the latest research on bone and marrow transplantation.

© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved