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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
There are not many studies about the intestinal parasitosis (IP) and atopic asthma (AA) relationship, and these show discordant results, possibly due to different studies design and differences in population selection. On the basis of personal results obtained by an epidemiological inquiry designed to estimate the prevalence of enteroparasitoses in asthmatic children and vice vesa, the aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of IP in AA and in a control group (CG) by a cross sectional study using clinical and laboratorial parameters, applied to 63 children (47 with AA and 16 in CG) aged 6 to 11 years, 37 males and 26 females, Caucasians, with the same socioeconomical conditions, consecutively selected in our Hospital. The results showed: The IP in AA children was 21.3%; the IP in CG was 25%; in the group with AA and IP, 40% of them had symptomology of IP; in the CG with IP, 100% had symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: The IP prevalence in AA was not statistically different from the IP in CG (p > 0.05) More data are needed to clarify the significant differences between the symptomatology rates of IP in asthmatic and non asthmatics; the reduced number of patients with symptoms in AA may reflect modulation of IP in AA and/or different parasite load.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0397-9148
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Ascariasis, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Ascaris lumbricoides, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Child, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Enterobiasis, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Enterobius, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Eosinophilia, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-France, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Giardiasis, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Host-Parasite Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Hypersensitivity, Immediate, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Immunoglobulins, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Skin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:9887988-Socioeconomic Factors
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Atopy and enteroparasites.
pubmed:affiliation
Immunoallergy Department, Dona Estefânia Hospital, Lisboa, Portugal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article