[Intestinal parasitosis and hepatic cirrhosis]. / Parasitoses intestinais e cirrose hepática.
Arq Gastroenterol
; 34(1): 7-12, 1997.
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| ID: mdl-9458954
ABSTRACT
PIP: In a prospective study conducted between July 1995 and June 1996 the prevalence of intestinal parasites is described in 35 (32 male, 3 female) patients with hepatic cirrhosis, aged 13-77 years, who had been admitted to the gastroenterology unit of the Federal University in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. The causes of cirrhosis were: alcohol (19 cases), hepatitis B virus (HBV) (3 cases), hepatitis C virus (HCV) (5 cases), HBV and HCV (2 cases), cryptogenetics (3 cases), Wilson's disease (1 case), biliary cirrhosis (1 case), and Gaucher's disease (1 case). Another 45 patients who were hospitalized during this period served as controls (Group I). Group II was comprised of 1411 persons who underwent parasitological tests during December 1995 and May 1996. Comparison was also made with 7371 tests performed in children aged 7-14 years who had been studied in 1988. Stools were examined by the Hoffman-Pons-Janner, Baermann-Moraes, and Willis methods. The results of stool exams were compared with those of the two control groups. A higher prevalence of some parasites was observed in cirrhosis patients than in patients with other digestive diseases (Group I). Of the 35 cirrhosis patients, 19 presented with positive parasite tests. Strongyloides stercoralis was found in 40.2%, chiefly in alcoholic cirrhosis patients, which was significant when compared to the other two control groups, but not significant when compared to the patients with nonalcoholic cirrhosis (4 cases of strongyloidiasis out of 16 patients). None of the 45 patients in Group I had strongyloidiasis. Group II (including all the people who had stool samples examined during the same period in the hospital) had a 1.91% rate of helminthic infection. A rate of 13.16% was found in the children's group.
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Asunto principal:
Parasitosis Intestinales
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Cirrosis Hepática
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Revista:
Arq Gastroenterol
Año:
1997
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Brasil