Bacteriuria in Urinary Schistosomiasis in Egypt

A Prevalence Survey

L. W. Laughlin U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

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Z. Farid U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

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N. Mansour U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1978.27.916
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Volume 27: Issue 5
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916–918
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An epidemiologic survey to assess the prevalence of bacteriuria in urinary schistosomiasis was carried out in a region endemic for urinary schistosomiasis in Egypt. Twenty of 390 (5.1%) school boys aged 5–16 years were bacteriuric. This prevalence rate is more than 10 times greater than that found in comparable surveys in areas non-endemic for urinary schistosomiasis. In this endemic population bacteriuria was found in 6.5% of active egg excreters and 2.3% of non-egg excreters.

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Copyright:
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1978
Accepted:
25 Mar 1978
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Published Online:
Sep 1978
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

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First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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