ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Intestinal Parasitic Infections (IPIs) are a number of the maximum generic of human infections international, causing extensive morbidity and mortality particularly in children. OBJECTIVE OUR AIM is to evaluate the situation of IPIs in stool and fingernails samples among primary schoolchildren in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. METHODOLOGY This cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2015 to December 2016. Stool ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: Intestinal parasites usually create benign diseases, though they may induce complications with high morbidity and mortality to the immunocompromised, including. Diabetic, patients. The aim was to detect the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in diabetic patients, comparing them with non diabetic control group and other parameters in Sohag, Egypt. 100 fecal samples were collected from diabetic patients from the ... إقراء المزيد

_ Chrysomya albiceps is _a facultative parasite and normally lays its eggs on carcasses, hence it has its great importance in forensic entomology. The review handles its importance as a human and veterinary myiasis agent, distribution, taxonomy, seasonal habits, feeding habits, lifecycle, morphology, treatment, maggot therapy and some references for those who have more interest. The review recommends supporting the ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: The present work presents the immunological aspects of schistosomes discussing the different host defense strategies against infection which might be of atmost importance in our understanding and evaluating the previous attempts conducted mainly in the second half of the last century to attain the elusive goal of a schistosome vaccine as well as the recent trials to realize the ... إقراء المزيد

_Trichomonas vaginalis_, a flagellate protozoan parasite inhabiting the urogenital tract of humans and it is the most common nonviral sexually transmitted pathogen. This is a cross section study done upon 43 ladies complaining of leucorrhea who attended the outpatient gynecology clinic of Sohag University hospitals during the period between January 1st and April 30th,2011. High vaginal sterile swabs were taken ... إقراء المزيد

_ Chrysomya albiceps _is a fly of medical, veterinary and forensic importance._ _Its third stage larvae were collected from a case of repeated wound myiasis in the outer clinic of Cosmetic Surgery Department, Sohag University hospital, Upper Egypt. They were prepared and studied then described by the naked eye, stereoscopic and scanning electron microscopes_._ Correlation between their morphology and the ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT: _BACK GROUND: __Entamoeba gingivalis_ and_ Trichomonas tenax_ are oral parasites considered by some reports to have pathogenic effects. We aimed to decide the best available method for diagnosis of both parasites. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 45 swab samples from the mouths of patients with periodontal infections were taken from the attendants of the dentistry of Sohag University Hospitals, Sohag ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: Pneumocystis pneumonia may be fatal in Premature, seriously ill infants at intensive care units. OUR AIM WAS to evaluate the routine treatment applied in Sohag pediatrics department for neonatal and infantile pneumonia (in NICU & PICU) on PCP and to compare between the stained slides and real time-PCR in diagnosing _Pneumocystis jirovecii_. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Sucked sputum from 21 ... إقراء المزيد

A young -25 years old- man presented to the Ophthalmology Clinic in Qina Ophthalmology Hospital suffering from an inflammatory mass (subconjunctival) near the inner angle of the left eye. Surgical intervention revealed a thin round worm was extracted from the lesion, sent to the Medical Parasitology Department in Sohag Faculty of Medicine after preserving in saline solution. By examination it ... إقراء المزيد

Zoonoses include many parasites; one of them is _Sarcocystis_, infecting man through infected animal muscles. Animals may act as a reservoir host, while being harmful to man. M&M: Samples were collected from 100 cows and 100 buffaloes from Sohag slaughter houses. It included samples from the tongue, heart, oesophageal and skeletal muscles. Macroscopic examinations were followed by microscopic ones on ... إقراء المزيد