Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is zoonotic metacestode infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus whose adults are identified as hydatid worm and effects herbivorous animals and humans. Diagnosis of CE is based on clinical symptoms, imaging techniques and detection of specific antibodies, especially in patient sera. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ten years serologic laboratory records of patients with pre-diagnosis of CE according to age, sex and referral departments. Total of 892 patients who were sent to Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Microbiology Laboratory with the pre-diagnosis of CE from various clinics in the last decade were studied with E. granulosus IgG ELISA test according to the recommendations of the company. In the evaluation of the results, cut-off and above values were accepted as positive and the experiment was repeated for the limit values and suspicious positives. The results were analyzed with pearson chi-square. Of the 892 CE pre-diagnosed patient’s samples, 482 ones have belonged to females (54%) and 410 have belonged to males (46%) Seropositivity has been found in the ratio of 160(33%) of females and 125(30%) of males (p 0,669). The average of age was divided into two groups with cut-off ratio (35,41) and seropositivity was found to be higher under the age of 35 (p <0,000). According to logistic regression analysis, the risk of developing the disease decreases by approximately 0.01 times with the increase by one unit in age. When the units with a percentage less than 0.5 were excluded for the distribution of the results by their clinics, the p value of the dependency test was found to be p <0,000. Seropositivity was mostly defined in the Polyclinic of Radiology with 68.2% and in the Polyclinic of Chest Diseases in accordance with the distribution of organ involvement (p <0,000). All results are indicated in the tables. Although the incidence of CE depends on age and outpatient variables, the risk was found to be higher in younger ages. No gender differences were observed. Although there are many studies on animals on CE in our country, there is little data on prevalence in humans. The disease is an important zoonosis that continues to affect human health in our province and its surroundings as in our country. The retroperspective study presented here is designed to raise public health awareness.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 23, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 2 Issue: 3 |