Research Article
Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Diabetic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital
Table 2
Distribution of intestinal parasites among diabetic patients of different age groups.
| | Intestinal parasites isolated | AGE RANGE (in years) | | 0-20 years | 21-40 years | 41-60 years | ABOVE 60 years |
| | Entamoeba coli | 0.3% | 1.08% | 0.92% | 1.23% | | Entamoeba spp. | 0.3% | 0.61% | 0.15% | — | | Entamoeba histolytica | 1.54% | 5.26% | 3.56% | 1.39% | | Giardia lamblia | 1.7% | 4.02% | 2.47% | 0.46% | | Blastocystis hominis | 1.7% | 6.5% | 4.95% | 5.26% | | Hook worm | 1.08% | 9.44% | 10.37% | 5.88% | | Enterobius vermicularis | 0.46% | 0.61% | 1.39% | 1.08% | | Trichuris trichiura | 0.3% | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.3% | | Hymenolepis nana | 0.15% | — | 0.15% | 0.15% | | Taenia spp. | — | 0.15% | — | — | | Endolimax nana | — | 0.15% | — | — | | Iodamoeba butschlii | — | — | 0.3% | — | | Isospora belli | 0.3% | 2.63% | 2.63% | — | | Echinostoma spp. | — | 0.15% | — | — | | Trichomonas spp. | 0.46% | 2.32% | 0.92% | 0.61% | | Trichomonas vaginalis | — | — | — | 0.15% | | Trichomonas hominis | — | 0.15% | — | — | | Chilomastix meslini | — | 0.15% | — | 0.46% | | Cyclospora spp. | 0.15% | — | 0.46% | — | | Cyclospora cayetanensis | — | 0.92% | 0.61% | 0.61% | | Strongyloides stercoralis | 0.15% | 0.77% | 2.47% | 1.23% | | Cryptosporidium spp. | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.46% | — | | Cryptosporidium parvum | 0.15% | 0.92% | 1.7% | — | | Microsporidia | — | 0.15% | — | 0.15% | | Ascaris lumbricoides | — | 1.08% | 0.46% | 0.3% | | TOTAL | 8.97% | 37.46% | 34.21% | 19.34% |
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