Pediatric intestinal protozoariasis in children

Abstract

Introduction:The protozoariasis has a high prevalence in different regions of our country and it is one of the main problems, due to its high prevalence and high transmissibility indexes, the present work’s objective is to determine the intestinal protozoariasis characteristics in pediatric age. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was conducted, the 2017 and 2018 laboratory studies results from patients who visited the San Juan de Dios hospital in the municipality of Cliza Cochabamba, Bolivia were reviewed. Results: The protozoariasis frequency was 56.8%, according to sex 52.2% women and 47.8% men, in the children age group under 1 year 27%, from 1 to 5 years 58.4%, from 5 to 10 years 10.3%, from 10 to 12 years 3% and from 12 to 15 years 1.3%. The frequency of the type of protozoan is Entamoeba histolytica 78.6%, Giardia lamblia 17.6%, Chilomastix mesnili 1.8%, Blastocystis hominis 1.2% and Endolimax nana 0.7%. Discussion: There is a decrease in the prevalence of these microorganisms, considering the improvement of basic services in the area and health education, being more frequent in females, and the age group that presented the highest parasitosis is from 1 to 5 years, Being Entamoeba histolytica the one with the greatest presence and there is no relationship in the protozoariasis intestinal frequency in relation to other works in the region.