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Distribution of Intestinal Parasites in Patients Admitted to the Government and University Hospitals in Rize Province
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Research Article
VOLUME: 1 ISSUE: 2
P: 78-82
August 2013

Distribution of Intestinal Parasites in Patients Admitted to the Government and University Hospitals in Rize Province

Namik Kemal Med J 2013;1(2):78-82
Ayşegül Çopur Çiçek 1
Şahin Direkel 2
Deniz Zehra Ulusan Gündoğdu 1
Ayşe Ertürk 3
Ayşe Sarı 4
1. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Rize, Türkiye
2. Giresun Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji Ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Giresun, Türkiye
3. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Rize, Türkiye
4. Rize Devlet Hastanesi, Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı, Rize, Türkiye
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Received Date: 06.09.2013
Accepted Date: 13.09.2013
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ABSTRACT

Aim

The aim of this study was to retrospectively determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in patients, whose examination material was sent to parasitology laboratory of two different hospitals in Rize province during the period of January 2012 to June 2013.

Materials and Methods

Stool samples were examined by direct macroscopy, native-lugol and trichrome staining methods for protozoan (cyst or trophozoites) and helminths (eggs or larvae). Cellophane preparations were examined for Enterobius vermicularis eggs.

Results

A total of 9.994 samples were investigated and parasites were identified from 240 samples (2.4%). Entamoeba coli (59.6%) was determined the most common parasite among the identified parasites and it was followed by E. vermicularis (12.5%), G. intestinalis (12.1%) and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar/dispar (9.6 %).

Conclusion

There is less studies showing the prevalence of intestinal parasites in our region. It is compared to the work done in different places and times, parasites ration in our province was found very low (2.4%). The acceptance of the appropriate sample and the use of high sensitivity methods of investigation should be expanded for the effective recognition of parasitosis and their successful treatment. There is a slight improvement for socio-economic and environmental conditions in our country, but the parasitic infections are still a current and continous health problem in our society.