Abstract
This study was conducted in Erbil city to investigate the incidence of Isospora belli infection among leukemic children, by laboratory examination of stool samples obtained from 26 children suffering from leukemia using different methods like N. saline, Iodine fecal smears, Sheathers flotation and modified Ziel-Neelson techniques. Isospora belli was detected in only one out of 26 (3.8%) ill children. To investigate the rate of infection with Isospora belli in children suffering from diarrhea especially the immunocompromised and leukemic group.
Highlights
Isospora belli is a coccidian protozoan parasite related to the phylum Apicomplexa that parasitizes epithelium of upper small intestine of humans and causes diarrheal disease [1]
Isospora belli was detected only in one (3.8%) out of 26 leukemic children, which was mixed with G. lamblia
For the first time in Erbil city Isospora belli was detected in one case (3.4%) among children suffering from leukemia which was mixed with Giardia infection
Summary
Isospora belli is a coccidian protozoan parasite related to the phylum Apicomplexa that parasitizes epithelium of upper small intestine of humans and causes diarrheal disease [1]. The infection is acquired through the ingestion of sporulated oocysts. Sporozoites were released in the intestinal lumen and invade intestinal epithelial cells, within the epithelial cells the parasite undergoes a round of merogony process (asexual stage) leading to the production of merozoites.
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