Symptoms and clinical and laboratory findings in 123 cases of Schistosomiasis mansoni in St. Lucia
J Trop Med Hyg
; 71(2): 40-3, Feb. 1968.
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em Inglês
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| ID: med-13085
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; RC960.J6
ABSTRACT
The presenting symptomatology and clinical and laboratory findings in 123 patients, referred to a clinic for the treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni, are reported and discussed. Thirty-three patients (26.8 per cent) had no complaint when seen initially. The complaints of the others, in order of frequency, were abdominal pain, weakness, diarrhoea (with or without blood in faeces), giddiness, anorexia, dyspnoea and fever. The mean faecal egg load of patients with bloody diarrhoea was not significantly higher than that of patients with diarrhoea alone. Eighteen patients had clinical enlargement of the liver (14 or 11.4 percent) and of the spleen (4 or 3.2 percent) which could be ascribed to schistosomiasis. Hepatosplenomegaly in three other patients as ascribed to other conditions. The mean faecal egg concentration was significantly higher in patients with hepatosplenomegaly than in those with hepatomegaly alone. Ranges and mean values of haemoglobin and eosinophilia are given by age group. Alteration in plasma proteins was found in patients who had spleen and/or liver enlargement, the latter group having a reversed albumen/globulin ratio which, in the two instances in which electroporesis could be carried out, was found to be the result of a tremendous increase in the gamma globulin fraction.(Summary)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Diarreia
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Helmintíase
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Esquistossomose
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Zoonoses
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Esquistossomose
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Criança
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Criança, pré-escolar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Lactente
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Masculino
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Recém-Nascido
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Santa Lúcia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
1968
Tipo de documento:
Artigo