Table 1 Patient’s characteristics with positive and negative stool samples for parasitic/helminthic infections
From: Parasitic infections in Swiss children: Are we overtesting?
Patients with positive stool samples | Patients with negative stool samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute | % | Absolute | % | ||
Sex | Sex | ||||
Male | 15 | 63 | Male | 244 | 45 |
Female | 9 | 38 | Female | 304 | 55 |
Age | Age | ||||
Average age in years | 9.1 | Average in years | 7.9 | ||
0–2 years | 0 | 0 | 0–2 | 70 | 12.8 |
2–6 years | 7 | 29.2 | 2–6 years | 141 | 25.7 |
6–9 years | 5 | 20.8 | 6–9 years | 116 | 21.2 |
9–12 years | 4 | 16.7 | 9–12 years | 106 | 19.3 |
12–15 years | 3 | 12.5 | 12–15 years | 83 | 15.1 |
15–18 years | 5 | 20.8 | 15–18 years | 30 | 5.5 |
18 + | 0 | 0 | 18 + | 2 | 0.4 |
Origin | Origin | ||||
Swiss without history of travelling | 11 | 45.8 | Swiss without history of travelling | 439 | 80.1 |
Swiss with history of travelling | 3 | 12.5 | Swiss with history of travelling | 13 | 2.4 |
Immigrant | 10 | 41.7 | Immigrant | 96 | 17.5 |
Indication for stool testing | Indication for stool testing | ||||
Chronic abdominal pain | 11 | 45.8 | Abdominal pain | 395 | 72.1 |
Immigrant health screening, no symptoms | 9 | 37.5 | Diarrhea | 71 | 13 |
Diarrhea | 4 | 16.7 | Failure to thrive | 17 | 3.1 |
Results of stool findings | Flatulence | 10 | 1.8 | ||
Blastocystis | 18 | 75 | Vomiting | 10 | 1.8 |
Blastocystis + Endolimax nana | 2 | 8.2 | Immigrant health screening, no symptoms | 7 | 1.2 |
Blastocystis + E. nana + Chilomastix mesnili | 1 | 4.2 | Eosinophilia | 6 | 1.1 |
Blastocystis + Enterobius vermicularis | 1 | 4.2 | Epigastric pain | 5 | 0.9 |
Blastocystis + Pseudolimax bütschlii | 1 | 4.2 | Nausea | 4 | 0.72 |
Blastocystis + G. lamblia + Entamoeba coli + Schistosoma mansoni | 1 | 4.2 | Other (perianal itchiness, encopresis, enuresis, iron deficiency, rash, fever, neutropenia, fever etc.) | 23 | 4.2 |
Treatment | Abdominal pain | 395 | 72.1 | ||
Treatment received (7 Metronidazole, 1 Mebendazole) | 8 | 33.3 | Diarrhea | 71 | 13 |
Final diagnosis | Symptoms persisted over 14 days | ||||
Functional pain/diarrhea | 12 | 50 | Yes | 495 | 90.3 |
Incidental finding in the context of immigrant screening | 9 | 37.4 | No | 49 | 8.9 |
Not clear | 4 | 0.8 | |||
Appendicitis | 1 | 4.2 | Fever | ||
Helminthiasis | 1 | 4.2 | Yes | 20 | 3.6 |
Diarrhea in context of underlying inflammatory bowel disease | 1 | 4.2 | Abdominal pain | 528 | 96.4 |
Final diagnosis | |||||
Functional abdominal pain | 396 | 72.3 | |||
Viral/bacterial enteritis | 36 | 6.6 | |||
Toddler’s diarrhea | 25 | 4.6 | |||
Functional obstipation | 17 | 3.1 | |||
Other functional diseases (IBS, nausea, dyspepsia) | 15 | 2.6 | |||
Lactose-/Fructoseintolerance | 11 | 2.1 | |||
Diarrhea in context of new diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease | 9 | 1.6 | |||
Postenteritis syndrome | 5 | 0.9 | |||
Others (allergies, eosinophil esophagitis, anorexia) | 34 | 6.2 | |||