Mohammed Othman Alkurbi¹, Mazin Adnan Altuwrqi¹, Raafat Abdel Moneim Hassanein^1,2*, Aymen M. Madkhali^3,4, Salwa Omar Alqurashi¹, Hanan Hussain Almatrafi¹, Noran Omar Basaif¹, Roham Jafar Medhir¹ and Sarah Bakheet Allehabe¹

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
³Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding Author: Raafat Abdel Moneim Hassanein, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.

Received: September 19, 2023; Published: September 29, 2023

Abstract

Background: Amoebiasis, a disease caused by the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica), the most important parasitic etiology of acute diarrhea. The present study was carried out to determines the prevalence of E. histolytica among patients of Makkah hospitals, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia for five years (2014-2018).

Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the recorded intestinal amoebiasis infections among patients visiting Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Heraa General Hospital, Maternity and Children Hospital and King Abdul-Aziz Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, from 2014 to 2018. A total of 55,108 in- and outpatient were examined for intestinal amoebiasis infection.

Results: 1289 patients out of 55,108 were infected with E. histolytica with prevalence rate 2.3%. The highest percentage of positive cases were found in Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (5.7%) followed by Heraa General Hospital (3.99%), King Abdul-Aziz Hospital (Al Zahir) (0.7%) whereas only (0.4%) of examined samples were positive for E. histolytica in Maternity and Children Hospital. In addition, the occurrence of intestinal amoebiasis is higher among adults than children. Furthermore, the number of positive E. histolytica samples was decreased from 2014 to 2018.

Conclusions: The present study revealed that intestinal amoebiasis are still detected in the patients of Makkah hospitals and still a public health problem in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Improving the diagnostic procedures to detect E. histolytica, as well as performing regular epidemiological surveys about intestinal parasitic infections especially E. histolytica are required to develop effective prevention and control strategies.

 Keywords: Microscopic Examination; Entamoeba histolytica; Makkah; Saudi Arabia

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Citation: Raafat Abdel Moneim Hassanein., et al. “Prevalence of Intestinal Infections with Entamoeba histolytica Among Patients of Makkah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia: A 5-Year Retrospective Study”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 7.10 (2023): 60-66.

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