RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS INFECTION AND PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASES IN CHILDREN AT SOHAG GOVERNORATE,EGYPT

A cohort of children presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases (gastrointestinal and/or genitourinary surgical conditions) and had concomitant infection with e. vermicularis. to find out this relationship,a total of 135 patients suffering from different gastrointestinal and genitourinary surgical conditions were selected from departments of surgery and gynecology. they were subjected to stool analysis,peri-anal swabs and blood examination mainly for eosinophilia. the results showed that 26 patients out of 135 (19.2%) had. e. vermicularis with high eosinophilia in 30 cases (22.2%). identification of e. vermicularis by peri-anal swab test in the cohort was successful (16.30%). males were more affected than females with ratio 2.2:1 and age mean 7.13 +/- 1.92. as to residence and housing,rural children with bad housing (73.08% & 88.46% respectively) were more affected than those living in urban areas with healthy housing (26.92% and 11.54% respectively).