| intestinal parasitosis in an urban pediatric clinic population. | three hundred twenty-one pediatric patients were prospectively screened for intestinal parasites. of the stool specimens, 49.5% were positive for ova or parasites. positive stool specimens were significantly correlated with recent travel to mexico by the patient or a household member. the incidence rate for giardia lamblia was 20%, and it was 5% for both ascaris and trichuris. hymenolepis nana was the fourth most common parasite, with a rate of 4%. no identifiable clinical, laboratory, or other ... | 1983 | 6869334 |
| infestations and chronic infections in foreign pediatric patients with burns: is there a role for specific protocols? | infestations by parasites such as mycobacterium tuberculosis and other viral infections are common in third world countries. consequently, the admission of a significant number of foreign patients to burn centers in the united states may pose new problems, not only for inpatients but also for health care workers. to document infestations in patients from third world countries and to determine the need for specific protocols, we studied 62 consecutive foreign patients admitted to our pediatric bu ... | 1999 | 10613686 |
| hyperendemic h. pylori and tapeworm infections in a u.s.-mexico border population. | a higher incidence of infectious disease has been documented in u.s. regions bordering mexico compared with non-border areas. we assessed the prevalence of important gastrointestinal infections in ciudad juarez, mexico, and el paso, texas, the largest binational community along the u.s.-mexico border. | 2010 | 20433039 |