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| Prevalence Rate of Intestinal Protozoan Parasitic Infections By Using Different Faecal Diagnostic Techniques in Kosti Teaching Hospital, White Nile State- Sudan |
Tayseer Elamin Mohamed Elfaki, Rabah Mustafa Ibrahim Mohamed, Ahmed Bakheet Abd Alla
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Abstract:
The study was aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoan parasitic infections in Kosti Teaching Hospital in White Nile State- Sudan. A cross-sectional hospital-based study was carried out from March- December 2015. A total of 150 subjects were included in this study. From them, 63 (42%) were males and 87(58%) were females with age ranging between (1-75) years old of mean age 31±1 years old. Faecal samples were taken from all subjects included in the study, in addition to clinical and parasitological data were obtained and recorded. The results showed that prevalence of intestinal protozoan infection in the study area was 30(20%). When using direct wet preparation (DWP), formal ether concentration technique (FECT) and zinc sulphate floatation technique (ZnSO4 FT) respectively the prevalence of intestinal protozoan parasitic infection were 11 (7%), 26 (17%) and 10 (7%) respectively. From 30 positive cases, 9 (6%), 7 (5%) and 13(9%) respectively were positive for G.lamblia, E.histolytica and E.coli respectively. The most common causative agents of intestinal protozoan infection in the study area were G.lamblia. The study revealed that the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infection was higher in females (20.6%) than in males (19%). The prevalence was higher (20%) in the age group between 1-14 years old (p=0.445).
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