Abstract
We studied gastrointestinal parasites in symptomatic Cambodian children attending a provincial hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia between 2006 and 2011. A total of 16 372 faecal samples were examined by direct microscopy. Parasites were detected in 3121 (19.1%) samples and most common were Giardia lamblia (8.0% of samples; 47.6% disease episodes), hookworm (5.1%; 30.3%) and Strongyloides stercoralis (2.6%; 15.6%). The proportion of infected children increased, and the number of disease episodes effectively treated with a single dose of mebendazole decreased, over the 5-year period.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Ancylostomatoidea / isolation & purification*
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Animals
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Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use
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Asian People / statistics & numerical data
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Cambodia / epidemiology
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Child, Preschool
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Feces / parasitology*
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Female
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Giardia lamblia / isolation & purification*
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Giardiasis / epidemiology
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Giardiasis / parasitology
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Hookworm Infections / epidemiology
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Hookworm Infections / parasitology
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Humans
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Infant
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis*
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
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Male
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Mebendazole / therapeutic use
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Retrospective Studies
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Strongyloides stercoralis / isolation & purification*
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Strongyloidiasis / epidemiology
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Strongyloidiasis / parasitology
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Antinematodal Agents
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Mebendazole