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).