Background: Patients with rheumatic diseases have profound alterations in the immune system as a result of underlying diseases and the treatments used, which increases the risk of occurrence and severity of infections...Background: Patients with rheumatic diseases have profound alterations in the immune system as a result of underlying diseases and the treatments used, which increases the risk of occurrence and severity of infections, including enteroparasitosis. The current treatment for rheumatoid arthritis involves immunosuppressive therapies powerfully needed for screening infectious processes. The prevalence of parasitic infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients is not currently documented in literature. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of parasitic diseases in a population with RA. Methods: We collected demographic and socioeconomic data from 67 patients at the Hospital Universitário de Brasília from July 2015 to April 2016. All patients underwent a parasitological examination of their stool and multiple variables were analyzed using Poisson regression method. Results: The mean age of patients was 53.9 years. They were predominantly in women (94%) and caucasian (47.8%). The mean disease duration was 9.2 years and most patients had the disease in remission or light activity. The prevalence of parasitic infections in these patients was 11.9%, all cases being that of protozoa of the following species: Endolimax nana, Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli. The final multivariate analysis indicated that the presence of disease had a significant statistical relationship between the presence of enteroparasitosis and rheumatoid arthritis with no fatigue by VAS (p = 0.0488) and best current health index by VAS (p = 0.0012). Conclusion: This study indicates that the prevalence of enteroparasitoses in a population with Rheumatoid Arthritis was 11.9% and all cases were found of protozoa.展开更多
Introduction: Parasitic diseases remain a public health problem in Burkina Faso, as they are in other developing countries. Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of para...Introduction: Parasitic diseases remain a public health problem in Burkina Faso, as they are in other developing countries. Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of parasitosis diagnosed in the infectious diseases department of the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital. Patients and Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection during the period from January 1, 2010 to August 31, 2022. Results: From January 1, 2010 to August 31, 2022, a total of 2829 patients were admitted to the infectious diseases department of the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou. Among them, 624 patients suffered from parasitic pathologies, representing a hospital prevalence of 22%. The patients were predominantly male with a sex ratio of 1.1. The average age was 34 years ± 11. Most patients (74.7%) lived in the capital city of Ouagadougou. Ten percent (10%) of the patients with parasitosis were infected with HIV (PLHIV). Out of a total of 624 cases of parasitosis, protozoosis represented 97%, of which 80% were malaria cases. Clinical signs were dominated by neurological signs, digestive signs and dehydration. Comorbidities were dominated by HIV infection, tuberculosis and digestive candidiasis. Under treatment, the evolution was marked by a lethality of 10%. Conclusion: Protozoosis were the most frequently diagnosed. They were dominated by malaria and opportunistic parasitosis during AIDS. These results argue for a revitalization of voluntary HIV testing and careful management of PLHIV.展开更多
Intestinal parasites are very common and represent a public health problem worldwide. Despite all the mass drug distribution strategies, these diseases still pose a public health problem in Senegal. It is in this cont...Intestinal parasites are very common and represent a public health problem worldwide. Despite all the mass drug distribution strategies, these diseases still pose a public health problem in Senegal. It is in this context that we conducted this study, the aim of which was to reassess the epidemiology of intestinal parasitosis in children aged 0 to 15 years over one year in the parasitology-mycology laboratory of the Albert Royer Children’s Hospital. The study involved 1426 children aged between 2 months and 15 years, with an average age of 5.15 years. Children under 5 years of age represented 52.59% of the study population, and those over 5 years of age were 47.41%, with a sex ratio of 1.5. There were 176 subjects carrying at least one parasitic species, giving an overall prevalence of 12.34%. Of the children with parasites, 76.14% had intestinal protozoosis and 23.86% had helminthiasis. The parasitic species isolated were represented by Entamoeba coli (51.70%), followed by Giardia lamblia (17.05%), Entamoeba histolytica (5.11%), Trichomonas intestinalis (1.14%) and Entamoeba histolytica (0.57%). The main helminths found were eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides (21.02%) followed by Ankylostoma duodenale (1.14%), Trichuris trichiura (1.14%) and Taenia sp. (0.57%). The results of our study show once again the endemic nature of the disease.展开更多
文摘Background: Patients with rheumatic diseases have profound alterations in the immune system as a result of underlying diseases and the treatments used, which increases the risk of occurrence and severity of infections, including enteroparasitosis. The current treatment for rheumatoid arthritis involves immunosuppressive therapies powerfully needed for screening infectious processes. The prevalence of parasitic infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients is not currently documented in literature. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of parasitic diseases in a population with RA. Methods: We collected demographic and socioeconomic data from 67 patients at the Hospital Universitário de Brasília from July 2015 to April 2016. All patients underwent a parasitological examination of their stool and multiple variables were analyzed using Poisson regression method. Results: The mean age of patients was 53.9 years. They were predominantly in women (94%) and caucasian (47.8%). The mean disease duration was 9.2 years and most patients had the disease in remission or light activity. The prevalence of parasitic infections in these patients was 11.9%, all cases being that of protozoa of the following species: Endolimax nana, Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli. The final multivariate analysis indicated that the presence of disease had a significant statistical relationship between the presence of enteroparasitosis and rheumatoid arthritis with no fatigue by VAS (p = 0.0488) and best current health index by VAS (p = 0.0012). Conclusion: This study indicates that the prevalence of enteroparasitoses in a population with Rheumatoid Arthritis was 11.9% and all cases were found of protozoa.
文摘Introduction: Parasitic diseases remain a public health problem in Burkina Faso, as they are in other developing countries. Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of parasitosis diagnosed in the infectious diseases department of the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital. Patients and Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection during the period from January 1, 2010 to August 31, 2022. Results: From January 1, 2010 to August 31, 2022, a total of 2829 patients were admitted to the infectious diseases department of the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou. Among them, 624 patients suffered from parasitic pathologies, representing a hospital prevalence of 22%. The patients were predominantly male with a sex ratio of 1.1. The average age was 34 years ± 11. Most patients (74.7%) lived in the capital city of Ouagadougou. Ten percent (10%) of the patients with parasitosis were infected with HIV (PLHIV). Out of a total of 624 cases of parasitosis, protozoosis represented 97%, of which 80% were malaria cases. Clinical signs were dominated by neurological signs, digestive signs and dehydration. Comorbidities were dominated by HIV infection, tuberculosis and digestive candidiasis. Under treatment, the evolution was marked by a lethality of 10%. Conclusion: Protozoosis were the most frequently diagnosed. They were dominated by malaria and opportunistic parasitosis during AIDS. These results argue for a revitalization of voluntary HIV testing and careful management of PLHIV.
文摘Intestinal parasites are very common and represent a public health problem worldwide. Despite all the mass drug distribution strategies, these diseases still pose a public health problem in Senegal. It is in this context that we conducted this study, the aim of which was to reassess the epidemiology of intestinal parasitosis in children aged 0 to 15 years over one year in the parasitology-mycology laboratory of the Albert Royer Children’s Hospital. The study involved 1426 children aged between 2 months and 15 years, with an average age of 5.15 years. Children under 5 years of age represented 52.59% of the study population, and those over 5 years of age were 47.41%, with a sex ratio of 1.5. There were 176 subjects carrying at least one parasitic species, giving an overall prevalence of 12.34%. Of the children with parasites, 76.14% had intestinal protozoosis and 23.86% had helminthiasis. The parasitic species isolated were represented by Entamoeba coli (51.70%), followed by Giardia lamblia (17.05%), Entamoeba histolytica (5.11%), Trichomonas intestinalis (1.14%) and Entamoeba histolytica (0.57%). The main helminths found were eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides (21.02%) followed by Ankylostoma duodenale (1.14%), Trichuris trichiura (1.14%) and Taenia sp. (0.57%). The results of our study show once again the endemic nature of the disease.
