Eosinophilia as a diagnostic value in patients suffering from schistosomiasis haematobium comparing to eosinophiluria and egg count in the urine.

ABSTRACT

Sixty cases ranging in age between 18-30 years old, 50 of them were suffering from schistosomiasis haematobium, they were selected from in- and out-patient clinic of Theodor Bilharz Research Institute. Patients were divided into three groups, 20 infected and not treated, 20 infected and treated then exposed again to infection and 10 were completely treated. The authors have a fourth group to serve healthy control. Blood samples were collected to count eosinophil percentage and absolute eosinophil count. Urine samples were collected to 1-study eosinophiluria by slide film staining with Leishman's stain, and 2- to count number of ova excreted in 10 ml urine by urine filtration technique. Eosinophila and eosinophiluria > 5% were considered as a diagnostic value for schistosomiasis haematobium as well as it correlation between them and intensity of infection by number of ova in urine.