Open AccessIntestinal parasites and diarrhoea in a childrens hospitalin Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Jennifer Perera,
Innocent Jayawardene,
Lalitha Mendis,
Kamalika Abeyratne
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ceylon journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0011-2232
DOI - 10.4038/cjms.v42i1.4883
Subject(s) - sri lanka , medical science , promotion (chess) , medical journal , medical education , ceylon , medicine , family medicine , political science , tanzania , sociology , socioeconomics , programming language , law , computer science , politics
The study population consisted of 940 children with acute diarrhoea and 260 children admitted for conditions other than diarrhoea. The first sample of stool was examined for bacteria (Sal monella spp, Shigella spp, Aeromonas spp, Campylobacter spp, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Enteropathogenic E.coli), viruses (rotavirus and adenoviruses) and parasites (En tamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia lamblia, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus and Enterobius vermicularis) us ing standard techniques.
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