[Intestinal enzyme activity in patients with strongyloidiasis].

Enterokinase and alkaline phosphatase activities in the duodenal juice and fecal extract of 37 strongyloidosis patients living in moderate climate and 17 inhabitants of the tropics have been studied. In 60.7% inhabitants of the regions with moderate climate and 80% from the tropics decreased enterokinase activity in duodenal juice has been observed, while the decrease in alkaline phosphatase activity in fecal extract has been noted in 87.8% and 71.4% cases, respectively. After convalescence from 1 to 6 months, no normalization of intestinal enzymatic activity has been observed.