Prevalencia de enteroparásitos en niños inmunocomprometidos e inmunocompetentes

• Main Authors: Chourio-Lozano G, Díaz I, Rivero-Rodríguez Z, Peña C, Cuenca E, Calchi M, Molero E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2002
• Subjects: Enteroparasites; children; HIV/AIDS infection; Cancer; undernourishment; Enteroparasitosis; niños; infección HIV/SIDA; Cáncer; desnutrición; VIH/SIDA; infección; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ritchie; Sida
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/10f31f8ca9d844a2abb0d514b5d23e0c

Abstract: Objetive: Determine the enteroparasite prevalence in immuno-compromised and Immunocompetent children in Zulia State, Venezuela. Materials and methods: Fecal samples from 78 children of both sexes, between the ages of 2 months and 12 years were distributed in 4 groups and analyzed: Undernourished (20), Oncological (20), with HIV/AIDS infection (18) and a control group (20); the copro-parasitology test, Lugol, Nair and Kinyoun stains, Ritchie concentration technique and Arakaki technique (agar in plaque) were used. Results: 29 (37,2%) children had one or several kinds of enteroparasites distributed as follows: 7/20 (35,0%) for the Undernourished and Control groups respectively, 8/20 (40,0%) for Oncology and 7/18 (38,9%) for the children with HIV/AIDS infection. The ethary group represented by the children two years of age of younger had more parasites which also occurred in undernourished control children and children from 3 to 6 years old for the Oncology group and children from 7 to 12 years old for the children with HIV/AIDS infection. The prevalent parasites were: Ascaris lumbricoides (14,3%) and Blastocystis hominis (24,5%). Conclusions: The immuno-compromised condition of these children under study (Undernourishment, Cancer and HIV/AIDS) was not significant for entero-parasite presence. Monoparasitism was prevalent in Undernourished, Oncology and Control groups and the poly-parasitism was prevalent in children with HIV/AIDS infection. The results obtained in this study represent a contribution to the knowledge of enteroparasitosis in our region. Resumen: Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de enteroparásitos en niños inmunocomprometidos e inmunocompetentes del Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Materiales y métodos: Se analizó una muestra fecal de 78 niños de ambos sexos, en edades comprendidas entre 2 meses y 12 años, distribuidos en 4 grupos: Desnutridos (20), Oncología (20), con infección HIV/SIDA (18) y Control (20); practicándose examen coproparasitológico, coloraciones de lugol, Nair y Kinyoun, técnica ...