| [intestinal parasites and ectoparasites in the v region, chile: study in the psychiatric hospital of putaendo]. | a prospective study was carried out in 229 chronic patients (of both sexes) from the psychiatric hospital of putaendo, in order to find out the frequency of intestinal parasites and/or commensals in the period 1987-1989. one hundred and ninety four (84.7%) out of the 229 studied patients were infected by parasites and/or commensals. the high prevalence of commensals entamoeba coli (55.0%) and endolimax nana (50.5%) became more evident. among the parasites, the most frequent was trichuris trichiu ... | 1990 | 2152365 |