DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata
Objective: Intestinal parasitosis is a major health problem causing significant morbidities in children, such as malnutrition. It was aimed to examine the children with Enterobius vermicularis and Taenia saginata in this study.Materials and methods: We prospectively evaluated and compared children w...
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| description | Objective: Intestinal parasitosis is a major health
problem causing significant morbidities in children, such as malnutrition. It
was aimed to examine the children with Enterobius
vermicularis and
Taenia saginata in this study.Materials
and methods: We
prospectively evaluated and compared children with E.vermicularis and T.saginata in
terms of symptoms, laboratory parameters, and anthropometric measurements. Results: Of the 183 children
enrolled, 100 (54.6%) were male. Patients’ ages ranged between 2 and 16 years,
with a mean of 7.8±3.5 years. E.vermicularis
was present in 116 (%63.4) patients and T.saginata
in 67 (36.6%). No difference was determined between the groups in terms of
age, gender, or length of symptoms. Increased appetite was more prevalent in
patients with T.saginata (p=0.008).
Patients with E.vermicularis exhibited
higher eosinophilia and IgE levels (p=0.001 and p=0.01, respectively). The mean
BMI and BMI Z-score of patients with E.vermicularis
were statistically significantly higher than those of the T.saginata group (15.96±2.06 vs.
14.75±2.02 and -0.44±0.98 vs. -1.45±1.35, p lt;0.0001 for both). Patients with T.saginata were also more underweight
(p=0.003).
Conclusion: Malnutrition despite increased appetite should raise suspicion of T.saginata, while increased levels of
IgE and eosinophil count should attract physicians’ attention to E.vermicularis even
in asymptomatic patients, especially in endemic countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f45969e6c424d10a4692e75ee92ad572024-01-21T07:40:11ZengSakarya UniversitySakarya Tıp Dergisi2146-409X2018-06-018227227810.31832/smj.39199928DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia SaginataSoner Sertan Kara0Burcu Volkan1Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseasesErzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric GastroenterologyObjective: Intestinal parasitosis is a major health problem causing significant morbidities in children, such as malnutrition. It was aimed to examine the children with Enterobius vermicularis and Taenia saginata in this study.Materials and methods: We prospectively evaluated and compared children with E.vermicularis and T.saginata in terms of symptoms, laboratory parameters, and anthropometric measurements. Results: Of the 183 children enrolled, 100 (54.6%) were male. Patients’ ages ranged between 2 and 16 years, with a mean of 7.8±3.5 years. E.vermicularis was present in 116 (%63.4) patients and T.saginata in 67 (36.6%). No difference was determined between the groups in terms of age, gender, or length of symptoms. Increased appetite was more prevalent in patients with T.saginata (p=0.008). Patients with E.vermicularis exhibited higher eosinophilia and IgE levels (p=0.001 and p=0.01, respectively). The mean BMI and BMI Z-score of patients with E.vermicularis were statistically significantly higher than those of the T.saginata group (15.96±2.06 vs. 14.75±2.02 and -0.44±0.98 vs. -1.45±1.35, p lt;0.0001 for both). Patients with T.saginata were also more underweight (p=0.003). Conclusion: Malnutrition despite increased appetite should raise suspicion of T.saginata, while increased levels of IgE and eosinophil count should attract physicians’ attention to E.vermicularis even in asymptomatic patients, especially in endemic countries.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/497602childenterobius vermicularisintestinal parasitosismalnutritiontaenia saginataçocukenterobius vermicularisintestinal parazitozmalnütrisyontaenia saginata |
| spellingShingle | Soner Sertan Kara Burcu Volkan DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata Sakarya Tıp Dergisi child enterobius vermicularis intestinal parasitosis malnutrition taenia saginata çocuk enterobius vermicularis intestinal parazitoz malnütrisyon taenia saginata |
| title | DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata |
| title_full | DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata |
| title_fullStr | DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata |
| title_full_unstemmed | DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata |
| title_short | DifferencesI Between The Children Infected With Enterobius Vermicularis and Taenia Saginata |
| title_sort | differencesi between the children infected with enterobius vermicularis and taenia saginata |
| topic | child enterobius vermicularis intestinal parasitosis malnutrition taenia saginata çocuk enterobius vermicularis intestinal parazitoz malnütrisyon taenia saginata |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/497602 |
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