Nouraftab Behnaz, Mahmoudi Elaheh, Bahadory Saeed, Ghasemi Ezatollah, Miahipour Abolfazl, Heidari Aliehsan, Bairami Amir
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of medical science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2022;15(4):415-420. doi: 10.22037/ghfbb.v15i4.2619.
The current study investigated the prevalence of spp. among children under 6 and adults over 60 years of age with diarrhea in the southwest of Iran.
Cryptosporidiosis is an opportunistic parasitic infection caused by the species that causes gastrointestinal complications and diarrhea.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Khuzestan province between January 2020 to December 2020. Out of 350 patients referring to medical centers with clinical signs of diarrhea, 57.4% were under six years of age and 42.6% were more than 60 years old. Fecal samples were examined using Modified Ziehl-Neelsen (MZN) staining and nested-PCR techniques.
The overall prevalence of spp. infection in the study population was 0.9% as determined by microscopic and molecular methods (3/47).
The study results confirm the prevalence of parasitic infections as reported in previous studies in other regions of Iran. Preventive health measures are necessary.
本研究调查了伊朗西南部6岁以下儿童和60岁以上成人腹泻患者中隐孢子虫属的感染率。
隐孢子虫病是由隐孢子虫属物种引起的一种机会性寄生虫感染,可导致胃肠道并发症和腹泻。
本横断面研究于2020年1月至2020年12月在胡齐斯坦省进行。在350名因腹泻临床症状前往医疗中心就诊的患者中,57.4%为6岁以下儿童,42.6%为60岁以上老人。粪便样本采用改良齐-尼(MZN)染色和巢式PCR技术进行检测。
通过显微镜和分子方法确定,研究人群中隐孢子虫属感染的总体患病率为0.9%(47例中有3例)。
研究结果证实了伊朗其他地区先前研究中报道的寄生虫感染率。预防性健康措施是必要的。