Blastocystosis in Dakhalia Province, Egypt

الملخص

A total of 1768 stools samples were collected from random population (Mansoura, Talkha, Belqas and Aga) of Dakhalia Province of Egypt. All the stool specimens were examined by direct wet, formalin concentration and diphagic culture method for the detection of Blastocystis hominis infection. Prevalence rates of 6.95%, 9.56% and 11.71% were found by direct wet, formalin concentration and culture method respectively. A questionnaire of information about health status and other relevant informations were filled out for each one. Abdominal pain was the common complaint (35.74%) among symptomatic bastocystosis individuals. There was significant difference in the proportion of submitted specimens positive for Blastocystis between asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals (64.73% vs 35.2%, P = 0.03). The highest prevalence of this organism was in the group aged 6 to 20 years.