Omar M S, al-Awad M E, al-Madani A A
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
J Trop Med Hyg. 1991 Feb;94(1):57-60.
Two hundred and eighteen residents (131 healthy and 87 mentally or physically retarded) of a children's nursery, a foster house and a rehabilitation centre for the handicapped in Abha, southwestern Saudi Arabia, were examined for intestinal parasitism. About 30% of the population of the three communities were found to harbour asymptomatic infections with either Giardia lamblia and/or Entamoeba spp. Giardia cysts were identified in 19.3% of those examined. Entamoeba histolytica was found in 18.4% of the residents of the rehabilitation centre only. Entamoeba coli infections were found in residents of both the foster house and rehabilitation centre (6.0 and 25.3% respectively). The prevalence of infection with the three parasites was significantly higher in the rehabilitation centre than in the children's nursery and foster house.
对沙特阿拉伯西南部阿卜哈市一家托儿所、一家寄养院和一家残疾人康复中心的218名居民（131名健康儿童和87名智力或身体发育迟缓儿童）进行了肠道寄生虫检查。结果发现，这三个社区约30%的人口感染了无症状的蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫和/或内阿米巴属寄生虫。在19.3%的受检者中发现了贾第虫囊肿。仅在康复中心18.4%的居民中发现了溶组织内阿米巴。在寄养院和康复中心的居民中均发现了结肠内阿米巴感染（分别为6.0%和25.3%）。康复中心这三种寄生虫的感染率显著高于托儿所和寄养院。
