PREVALENCE OF PARASITIC INFESTATION IN STOOL SAMPLES AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, AHMEDABAD

PATEL V J; DABHI C S; SHAH P K; KHANDELWAL N A; VEGAD M M; RATHOD R T; VAGADIA K V

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

PREVALENCE OF PARASITIC INFESTATION IN STOOL SAMPLES AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, AHMEDABAD

Patel V J, Dabhi C S, Shah P K, Khandelwal N A, Vegad M M, Rathod R T, Vagadia K V

Abstract :

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Parasitic infestation account for significant human disease in several developing countries, including India and it�s diagnosis depends largely on the methods employed and the number of stool examinations done. Therefore, the present study was conducted to get a true idea about the prevalence of intestinal parasites isolated among patients coming to tertiary care hospital, Ahmedabad.

METHODS: A retrospective study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology ,Ahmedabad from November 2015 to June 2016 . One hundred twelve samples were analysed of patients presenting with symptoms of intestinal parasitic infestations. Each sample was examined by direct wet mount microscopic examination using both normal saline and Lugol‘s iodine preparation and concentration techniques using salt and formol–ether solutions. Permanent stained smears were performed for intestinal coccidian using modified Ziehl–Neelsen technique.

RESULT: A total of 112 stool samples were examined out of which 22 (19.6%) revealed presence of parasites. Cryptosporidium sp., E. histolytica/dispar and G. intestinalis were the most common intestinal parasites identified in the current study.

INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION: Parasitic infections are endemic worldwide and have been described as constituting the greatest single worldwide cause of illness and disease. These present study was conducted to obtain data from hospitals that may be valuable for planning meaningful public control programmes that aim at reducing the prevalence and morbidity due to parasitic infections.