CONCOMITANT INFECTION OF PARASITES AND HELICOBATER PYLORI IN SOHAG UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium colonizes the gastric mucosa. Chronic infections can develop various gastrointestinal complaints as gastritis, gastric and/or duodenal ulcers, cancers, or mucosa-associated lymphomas. Also, gastrointestinal diseases are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. This study evaluated the intestinal parasites among positive and negative H. pylori infected outpatients. Stool samples (200) collected from individuals who attended outpatient clinics in Sohag University Hospitals were examined for H. pylori antigen and gastrointestinal parasites. They were divided into two groups of 100 each, G1: H. pylori positive antigen cases and G2: H. pylori negative ones as control. The results showed significant increase in G1 than in G2 as to G. lamblia, C. parvum, E. histolytica, B. hominis, E. coli, I. buetschilii, Cyclospora spp., E. vermicularis, H. nana and A. lumbricoides.