ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHLYCTENULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS AND INTESTINAL PARASITES.

This study was carred out on fifty children suffering from Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis and attending ophthalmology outpatient clinics of Sohag University Teaching Hospital and Sohag Ophthalmology Hospital, of them 30 (60%) male and 20 (40%) females with age range from 6months to 14 years. Fifty stool samples were collected and examined microscopically for detection of any parasitic infection. 12(24%) cases were infected with Hymenolepis nana, one (2%) case was infected with E. hyistolytica, one case was infected Enterobius vermicularis, one case was infected with Giardia lamblia and one case was infected Tenia spp., regarding to age and sex distribution of the disease, male gender and age ranged from 6-8years were more affected, rural children were more affected than urbans one.