Prevalencia de parasitosis, en pacientes que acudieron al Hospital Básico de Paute en el periodo enero-diciembre 2018, Azuay

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes that parasitic infections in childhood constitute a serious problem in the Americas region, affecting mainly minors, in which there is a decrease in growth, physical and cognitive development and it is associated with the malnutrition they produce. In Ecuador, there are investigations that report the incidence of intestinal parasitosis between 33.2% -96.8%, with variability between the type of parasites (protozoa and helminths). OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of parasitosis in patients who were attended at the Basic Hospital of Paute in the period January-December 2018, Azuay METHODOLOGY: Retrospective study of descriptive type was conducted taking into consideration a universe of 5,000 patients with a sample of 880 coproparasitic results. The data will be obtained through a “data collection form” taken from the results records and from a digital database of the laboratory, which will be copied into an Excel spreadsheet and analyzed by means of the statistical program SSPS free version 15.0, in order to look for associations between the variables. CONCLUSION: It was determined that from 409 positive cases, 70% presented monoparasitism, and the frequent parasite was Entamoeba histolytica with 61.4%. 89% were people from the rural area, 37.6% have a latrine and consume water from the aqueduct (pipeline).