OPPORTUNISTIC PROTOZOA COINFECTED WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI AMONG EGYPTIAN DIABETIC PATIENTS

• DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2024.351361
• Publication Date: 2024-04-27T05:58:55Z
• Authors: SALWA MORSY; MARWA GHALLAB; MOUSA ISMAIL; AMIRA ISMAIL
• Keywords: Isospora; Cryptosporidium parvum; Blastocystis; Dispar

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a hyperglycemic state wherein the patient has high level of bloodglucose. People with diabetes are vulnerable to infection opportunistic intestinal parasitesas it considered immune suppression.The study evaluated protozoa co-infected Helicobacter pylori among156 DM patients and estimated risk factors. Early morning stool samples were obtainedfrom each participant examined for H. protozoa. The overall rate ofprotozoa was 79.5% (124/156), which Blastocystis hominis, Cryptosporidium parvumand Isospora belli detected in 13.5%, 29.5%, &16.7% respectively. Giardia intestinalisand Entamoeba histolytica/dispar 9% & 8.3% pyloriwas 19.9%, its co-infection I. belli, C. parvum, E. histolytica/dispar, G. intestinaliswas 6.4%, 32.2%, 12.9% 9.6% A significant relation between H.pylori diarrhea (P <0.001), parvum abdominal pain (P=0.001), <0.001),and animal contact but showed association =0.002), flatulence = 0.027), 0.002).