The fingernail infection with intestinal parasites in seven-year-old children referred to the sensory clinic in Bandar Abbas , Iran , in 2016

Disease and Diagnosis

Hamid Foroughi Borj¹  Sahel Hemmati¹  karim SharifiChoresh²  Karam SharifiChoresh²  Mehdi Kalate Meymari³  Rostam Barati³  Hosein Hamadiyan³ 

[1] MSc Student of Medical Parasitology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran;

关键词: nail;    intestinal parasites;    children;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Parasitic diseases are one of the most common infections among school-aged children and have severe side effects such as anemia, delayed growth, and mental retardation. One of the ways to prevent the disease is personal hygiene. In this regard, this study aimed to evaluate the fingernails parasitic infection in children before entering school.Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 195 children within the age range of 6-7 years hospitalized in 4 sensory clinics in Bandar Abbas were entered into the survey. The designed checklist was completed by their parents. In addition, sampling was carried out as a random model and then the samples were collected with a sterile nail clipper and kept in potassium hydroxide 10% for 24 hours, and finally, centrifuged at 2500 rpm for 5 minutes. A drop of the sediment was placed on a clean slide and after adding some Lugol’s iodine was monitored using a light microscope with 10x and 40x objective lenses, respectively. Eventually, data were analyzed by SPSS17 using Fisher’s exact test and a P value of ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Of 195 studied children, 5 cases of parasite eggs were found with a frequency of 2.56%. The only observed parasite eggs in the nail were Enterobius vermicularis. Of these 5 children, 4 were males and 1 was female. Conclusion: The prevalence of intestinal parasites under the nail was low, but, according to other studies carried out on stool sample and the report of further contamination, there is the possibility that the parasite is transmitted through contaminated food and water, therefore, the evaluation of drinking water and food for parasitic infections is necessary.

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