Surgical complications of Ascaris lumbricoides in children

Abdominal complications of ascaris lumbricoides in children.

Ascaris lumbricoides is a specific human helminth and children are predominantly affected. It is a manifestation of low socioeconomic status and poor sanitary hygiene. Infestation by ascaris lumbricoides is very common in Turkey. In areas where ascariasis is prevalent, abdominal complications account for a significant number of admissions to the department of pediatric surgery. We have reported...

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Replacement patterns of Ascaris lumbricoides populations in Filipino children.

The replacement patterns of Ascaris lumbricoides worm populations were investigated by complete deworming of 150 Filipino children (0-14 years old) from both urban and rural barangays and analyzing the age distribution of the 2,072 adult worms (939 males and 1,133 females) obtained, based on Seo's (1983) regression equation relating length to age. It was observed that most worm populations foll...

Ascaris lumbricoides: reinfection in children bearing an established worm burden.

To clarify the existence of reinfection in children bearing an established Ascaris lumbricoides infection, the authors evaluated the weight and the length of worms collected from ten cases of ascaridiasis. The worm burden was greater than 27 worms in nine cases. In seven cases the weight and the length of worms showed little variation, with unimodal distribution of values, suggesting that all t...

Ascaris lumbricoides--the ubiquitous roundworm.