| etiology and risk factors of acute gastroenteritis in a taipei emergency department: clinical features for bacterial gastroenteritis. | the causative pathogen is rarely identified in the emergency department (ed), since the results of cultures are usually unavailable. as a result, antimicrobial treatment may be overused. the aim of our study was to investigate the pathogens, risk factors of acute gastroenteritis, and predictors of acute bacterial gastroenteritis in the ed. | 2016 | 26639752 |
| occurrence and genotype of giardia cysts isolated from faecal samples of children and dogs and from drinking water samples in an aboriginal area of central taiwan. | to investigate some aspects of giardia infection, we performed a cross-sectional study on schoolchildren from an aboriginal area of nantou county in central taiwan. faecal samples from 209 participants and samples of dog faeces and of water from mountain springs found in the area were collected. the participants also filled a questionnaire pertaining to demographic data. giardia duodenalis was detected in eight of the 209 participants, and all positive isolates belonged to assemblage a. in addit ... | 2012 | 22542987 |
| prevalence and genotype of giardia duodenalis from faecal samples of stray dogs in hualien city of eastern taiwan. | giardia duodenalis is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes diarrhea through waterborne transmission or fecal-oral infection. the cysts are chlorine-resistant and, therefore, can pollute drinking water and induce a pandemic disease. in this study, we aimed to detect g. duodenalis infection in stray dogs in hualien, taiwan. we collected faecal samples from 118 dogs and amplified dna sequences of the β-giardin gene by nested polymerase chain reactions (nested pcr). eleven of the 118 faecal sam ... | 2014 | 25134899 |
| gastroenteritis in a taipei emergency department: aetiology and risk factors. | clin microbiol infect abstract: a matched case-control study was used to determine pathogens and risk factors associated with gastroenteritis in a taipei emergency department. viruses (40.0%) were the leading cause of gastroenteritis, with noroviruses the most prevalent (33.2%). bacteria were found in 26.0% of all cases, mostly suspected diarrheagenic e. coli (22.2%), followed by salmonella spp. (5.4%) and vibrio parahaemolyticus (4.2%). giardia lamblia was identified in 16.4% of all cases. stat ... | 2010 | 20854428 |
| prevalence and genotyping of giardia in husbandry systems in taiwan. | in this study, 107 fecal specimens were collected from 40 sampling sites in taiwan livestock and avian farms to test for giardia cysts. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and immunofluorescent microscopic examination were performed as a presumption test and confirmation test, respectively. eight out of 107 samples analyzed by elisa showed the presence of giardia, among which six samples were confirmed by immunofluorescent microscopic examination, and four samples were reconfirmed by polym ... | 2007 | 17310395 |
| current status of human parasitic infections in taiwan. | the eradication of the 2 mosquito-borne parasitic diseases, malaria and lymphatic filariasis, is one of the greatest achievements of the parasite control campaigns in taiwan. most of the soil-transmitted nematode infections, with the exception of pinworm infection, are currently well controlled and limited to some aboriginal areas. food-borne parasitic zoonosis such as infections with angiostrongylus cantonensis, clonorchis sinensis, and taenia saginata asiatica are not rare, but the former is s ... | 2001 | 11605804 |
| investigation on subclinical aspects related to intestinal parasitic infections among thai laborers in taipei. | the migration of foreign workers from developing regions to developed countries may potentially lead to transmission of intestinal parasitic infections. in order to determine the relationship between intestinal parasitic infections and the health status of foreign workers, 302 thai laborers brought to taiwan were examined in this study. nine species of parasites were found in 64.9% of laborers; opisthorchis viverrini, hookworm, strongyloides stercoralis, giardia lamblia, trichuris trichiura, fas ... | 2000 | 11305242 |
| a survey on the intestinal parasites of the school children in kaohsiung county. | the present study on the prevalence of intestinal parasites infection, from september to december 1999, was conducted among school children in taoyuan hsiang, kaohsiung county. the investigated areas included three (jiannshan, shingjong and taoyuan) primary schools. the overall infection rate in 305 children determined by merthiolate-iodine-formaldehyde concentration method of stools was 17%. four confirmed species of helminthes (ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, trichuris trichiura and hymenolepi ... | 2000 | 11271730 |
| intestinal parasites among the southeast asian laborers in taiwan during 1993-1994. | a large number of foreign laborers are now working in taiwan, the majority coming from southeast asia where parasitic infections are common. since 1992, monitoring the intestinal parasitic infections of these foreigners has been carried out, particularly to prevent the introduction of some of the parasites into taiwan. this paper reports results obtained during the year 1993-1994. | 1996 | 8803301 |
| imported opisthorchis viverrini and parasite infections from thai labourers in taiwan. | in order to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among labourers from thailand in taiwan, the stool samples from 1364 thai labourers were examined by the formalin-ether concentration method and 18.0% were found to be infected with one or more parasites. the infection rates of hookworm, opisthorchis viverrini, strongyloides stercoralis, enterobius vermicularis, ascaris lumbricoides, hymenolepis nana, capillaria philippinensis, schistosoma japonicum, echinostoma sp., entamoeba coli, gi ... | 1993 | 8354853 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among inhabitants of tan-nan village, nantou county, taiwan. | the pork infected with cysticerci was sent to our laboratory in june 1971. microscopic examination revealed the infection of cysticercus cellulosae. subsequently, the source of the pork was traced, and the survey of intestinal parasitism was carried out among inhabitants at tan-nan village, hsin-i district, nantou county, taiwan, in august 1973. results obtained only indicated the presence rather than endemic of taeniasis solium in this village. the parasites and infection rates found in the pre ... | 1979 | 397878 |