Abstract
Out of 180 children, 60 (33.3%) have Amoebiasis infection as diagnosed by direct wet smear and Saturated Salt Solution (SSS). SSS method is more significant (P=0.001) in diagnosis of the disease. Number of children infected with Amoebiasis infection is higher in infants aged 1-6 months, but without any significant difference to ages 6-12 or 12-18 months. In contrast, infants aged 18-24 months are significantly differant (P=0.01) as the infection rate is 16.6%. Gender also is seen to be reduced in significance (P= 0.001) for females aged 18-24 months. Blood profile of the involved infants has shown a significant variation (P=0. 01) for all blood profile parameters (RBC (P=0.05), WBC (P=0.001), Lymphocytes (P=0.05), Granulated WBC (P=0.05), Hb (P=0.01) and Platelets counts (P=0.001). Many medicinal regimes are dependent in the treatment of Amoebiasis, Metronidazole (Flagyl) in significant variation (P=0.01), combination of Metronidazole and Bactrim
Keywords
Amoebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica, Infant, Children, Direct Smear, Saturated Salt Solution, Blood Profile
Article Type
Article
How to Cite this Article
Haider, Assist. Prof. Dr. Saad Mohi and Alsoufi, Lecturer Saad Mohammed Shaheen
(2017)
"Hematological Study of Infants Amoebiasis in Duhok City,"
Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 14:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2017.14.2.0343