Intestinal parasites in children with neoplasms
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.45, sa.2, ss.129-132, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2003
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.129-132
- Anahtar Kelimeler: malignancy, children, intestinal parasites
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Stool specimens taken from 50 children with malignancy and from 92 healthy children were investigated for intestinal parasites, using the modified formol ethyl acetate concentration method, and native-lugol, trichrome and Kinyoun acid-fast stain methods. Thirty-eight (76.0%) of the 50 patients had lymphoma or leukemia and were considered immunosuppressed. Several different parasites were found in 21 (42.0%) of the 50 patients with malignancy and in 16 (47.3%) of the 38 patients with immune deficiency compared to in-only 16 (17.3%) of the 92 healthy children. The incidence of parasites in patients with malignancy or immunosuppression was significantly higher than in the healthy control, group (p<0.01, p<0.01).