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[Peripheral eosinophilia associated with ascaridiasis].

The positive diagnosis of ascaridiasis is sometimes difficult to identify because the anamnesis is insufficient, the clinical symptoms are poor or not very specific and the paraclinical arguments can be distinguished only in some cases and at different stages of the disease. Furthermore, the coproparasitological examination can ascertain negative results on false basis. Since the specialised literature associates ascaridiasis with peripheral eosinophilia, we attempted to monitor the frequency and the grade of this haematological parameter and its variations when considering the patients sex and age, in order to evaluate its diagnostic value.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

[Impact of improved sanitary conditions and domestic hygiene on the incidence of ascaridiasis and ancylostomiasis in children two to four years old in the rural zones of Ivory Coast].

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of improvement measures for hygiene and water supply, installation of latrines and health education on the incidence of ascaridiasis and ankylostomiasis with 2 to 4 years old children in some villages of southern Côte d'Ivoire. The method used is the comparison of children carrying parasites before and after intervention. Initially in 1988, the stools of all children aged from 2 to 4 were collected and examined in order to look for the presence of parasites in the stools. Two identical inquiries were made in 1990 and 1992. The results show a reduction of the rate of incidence for ascaridiasis by 75% and ankylostomiasis by 82%. They demonstrate the importance of an appropriate evacuation of excreta, of an education of mothers and of domestic hygiene in the process of prevention of children parasitosis.

Ancylostomiasis↗
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[Cholecystocholedochal ascaridiasis].

Ascaridiasis, as shown by Stoll is one of the most frequent parasitosis the world over; in our country is very frequent and its incidence is greater in the tropical areas. The emigration of the ascari to the biliary tract is cause of obstructive jaundice and acute cholecystitis. The clinical picture sometimes is taken for the one produced by biliary lythiasis. In the two cases presented the diagnosis was made during the trans-operative period. Ascaridiasis of the biliary ducts is more frequent in women; as judged by our cases and the cases reported by López Domínguez, Laviada and Tovia. The surgical treatment in our cases was cholecystectomy and cholocostomy with good results. This entity should be kept in mind as cause of obstructive jaundice or acute cholecystitis.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Some pathological and biochemical studies on experimental ascaridiasis in chickens.

During studying the pathogenicity of Ascaridia galli for young Ross-Broiler chickens fed with single doses of 100, 200 and 500 infective eggs, it was found that the infected chickens showed variable decreases in body weight gain and increases in the ratio of liver weight relative to body weight when compared with the control. Both decrease and increase was proportionally related with the number of infective eggs given to the chickens. Biochemical analysis of muscle and liver tissue of the previous groups of chickens showed a decrease in both glycogen and protein content and an increase in fat content of muscle and liver of infected chickens when compared with those of normal tissues. The decrease in the glycogen content due to ascaridiasis was mostly apparent in case of 500 egg dose and that of the protein content was noted with the egg doses of 200 and 500. Each of the three egg doses showed a significant increase in the fat content of the muscle and liver of infected chickens when compared with the control. After the sixth week of infection chickens fed with 500 eggs showed emaciation, loss of colour of combs and legs and of brightness of plumage, diarrhoea, drooping wings, ruffled feathers and a gradual loss of strength manifested by leg weakness. At autopsy, the small intestine showed external macroscopic lesions of haemorrhage and congestion. Intestinal obstruction with adult Ascaridia galli was also found in the infected birds.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Hepatic ascaridiasis.

Adult Ascaris, which are usually found in the intestine, can enter the ampulla of Vater if the sphincter of Oddi is not efficient. This situation seems common in children; in adults it occurs after endoscopic or surgical sphincterotomy. The worms can then migrate up into the intrahepatic bile ducts and provoke biliary stasis which may become infected and complicated by abscesses. It is inside such abscesses that we may find fragments of adult Ascaris. In the 4 cases reported in the literature during the last 20 years, we note in particular that the clinical signs vary considerably, according to the age of the patient. In children, the parasitic infestation is often massive and the clinical features are extremely serious, namely shock and acute abdominal pain, which lead to a laparotomy being done. In adults, the clinical feature is that of a biliary infection. Here we describe a fifth case of hepatic ascaridiasis which differs from the others in that the diagnosis was established by ERCP and CT scan and that treatment was medical.

Aged↗
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Subclinical effects and fenbendazole treatment of turkey ascaridiasis under simulated field conditions.

Under simulated natural conditions of bird production and parasite challenge, the effects of ascaridiasis and the effectiveness of fenbendazole treatment (6-day regimes in the feed at 16 ppm) were documented. Birds were artificially challenged with ascarid larvae on a daily basis from day 35 to 112, with bird grow out ending on day 119. Experimental groups, on a per pen basis, were infected control, treated with fenbendazole at days 63-69, treated with fenbendazole at days 63-69 and days 91-97, and uninfected control. In the same order as above, and on an experimental group mean bird basis, final weights were 13.34, 13.47, 13.59, and 13.78 kg, average daily gains from day 7 to day 119 were 117.8, 118.9, 120.1, and 121.8 g, and units gained per unit of feed consumed from day 7 to day 119 were 0.337, 0.341, 0.347, and 0.362. Infected control bird mean Ascaridia dissimilis burdens, with all stages combined, ranged from 351.1 on day 63 to 117.2 on day 91, levels seen commonly with naturally infected commercial turkeys. Trial data dearly indicated that moderate A. dissimilis burdens negatively impacted animal performance (average daily gains and feed efficiencies) and that these parasite burdens are effectively removed by fenbendazole treatment.

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[Study on a focus of ascaridiasis in a locality of Cap Bon (Tunisia)].

The study of ascaridiasis in a single locality of the Cap Bon region (Tunisia) where prevalence of this helminthiasis is much higher than anywhere else in the region, shows that 71,1% of the population is infected and all ages approximately in the same proportion. This high prevalence can be explained by a cumulative effect of two transmission factors: a particular construction of houses, which have a kind of reservoir for organic wastes in direct connection with the street, and the use of human excrements in agriculture. Mass chemotherapy every 3 months during several consecutive years is proposed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

[Biliary ascaridiasis].

A case of biliary ascaridiasis is presented in which biliary obstruction and pancreatitis were diagnosed. Recovery followed surgical removal of the worms. The literature is reviewed.

Abdomen, Acute↗
PubMed1992

[Hepatobiliary ascaridiasis in childhood: echographic diagnosis].

Ascaris lumbricoides infestation in the liver and biliary tract causes various clinical manifestations due to the migration of larvae and adult organisms. Parasites in the bile ducts cause obstruction and such complications as cholecystitis, cholangitis and liver abscesses. We report the US findings of biliary ascaridiasis as observed in a series of 13 children over a 3-year period. The patients (6 females and 7 males) presented hepatosplenomegaly, abdominal distension, right subcostal pain; 3 of 13 exhibited subicteric features and fever. The US features of Ascaris lumbricoides infestation are: hyperechoic linear images due to parasites within the dilated bile ducts, target images; mobile hyperechoic linear images within the gallbladder; intrahepatic abscesses with different features and sizes. Microscopic sections of hepatic tissue show inflammatory infiltration around the Ascaris eggs. Emergency surgery is sometimes to be performed. The value of US, as we assessed it, has been already stressed by other authors.

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[Treatment of ascaridiasis with garlic (Allium sativum)].

In Brazil, there has been growing interest on alternative therapeutic approaches, as shown by asi increase of homeopathic prescriptions, and use of acupuncture and of the so called natural products. This study evaluated the usefulness of garlic (Allium sativum) for the treatment of ascaridiasis, trying to confirm the popular belief on this matter. Eight grams daily, as an infusion were used during five days, in children known to be infected with Ascaris lumbricoides. Little efficacy was observed, and this fact enhances the importance of not accepting propositions not based on adequately conducted studies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

[Ascaridiasis: a rare cause of recurrent abdominal pain. Report of a clinical case documented by ultrastructural study of the intestinal mucosa].

The case of a six-year-old girl suffering from recurrent abdominal pain is reported. On the basis of the laboratory tests and a number of other clinical investigations, the diagnosis of ascaridiasis was made. At scanning electron microscopy the ultrastructural study of the bioptic fragments obtained during endoscopy showed peculiar lesions of the gastric and duodenal mucosa. We speculate that this unusual picture may be due to the ascaris. These lesions, described for the first time in the literature to our knowledge, were represented by the loss of the apical portion of some cells. Differential diagnosis of recurrent abdominal pain is discussed.

Abdominal Pain↗
PubMed1981

[Chronic intestinal ischemia after migration of larvae in ascaridiasis (author's transl)].

A case report is given of a 25 year old turkish patient, who had ascaridiasis and multiple stenoses of the small intestine. This syndrome was caused by extensive obliterating phlebitis of the small mesenterial veins and sclerosing lymphadenitis of the mesenterial lymph nodes. Granuloma containing epitheloid cells and giant cells could be found in the venous walls and in the lymph nodes, some of the granuloma being grouped around atrophic ascarides larvae; this demonstrates, that the intestinal stenoses represent an unusual complication of larvae migration in this worm disease. Perforation of the intestinal wall in one these stenotic areas possibly was caused by ascarides worms actively.

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PubMed1995

Content of some microelements in chickens with ascaridiasis under combined drug treatment.

The content of zinc, cobalt, and selenium in the intestinal wall of Leghorn chickens infected with Ascaridia galli was determined by nondestructive neutron-activation analysis. A comparison was made between the infected animals that were treated with Piperathrine and those that were given microelements or those that did not receive microelements. Age-dependent changes were found in the content of the microelements in the control groups. It is concluded that zinc, cobalt, and selenium are unevenly distributed in the intestinal tissues, with a dominating density of selenium occurring in the epithelial layer of the intestinal mucosa.

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