Epidemiological profile of digestive protozooses at the parasitology-mycology laboratory of Chu Hassan II
1 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Central Laboratory for Medical Biological Analysis, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco.
2 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Sidi Mohammed Benabdellah, Fez, Morocco.
Research Article
International Journal of Life Science Research Archive, 2023, 05(02), 089–095.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijlsra.2023.5.2.0099
Publication history:
Received on 01 November 2023; revised on 12 December 2023; accepted on 15 December 2023
Abstract:
Digestive protozooses are caused by parasites of the protozoan group.
Some species are commensal and recognized as little or non-pathogenic for humans, while others are pathogenic and can induce malabsorption syndromes, diarrhea, altered general condition and staturo-ponderal retardation in children.
Their prevalence reflects the hygiene status of the population and, given their frequency, represents a public health problem in developing countries. Our study will focus on the group of pathogenic digestive protozooses, notably Amoebiasis, Giardiasis and Intestinal Coccidioses.
This is a descriptive retrospective study carried out in a population of 4400 patients, conducted in the parasitology-mycology department of the Hassan ll University Hospital in Fez over a period spread between 2016 and 2021.
Each patient received at least one parasitological stool examination. Each stool was processed in two stages:
· Direct examination in the fresh state with and without staining (Lugol 2%, MIF...)
· Direct examination after concentration.
Followed by staining with Ziel Neelsen modified for immunocompromised patients.
Keywords:
Protozooses; Entamoeba; Giardia; Coccidioses; Immuno depression
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