Research Article
Enteric Protozoan Parasitosis and Associated Factors among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana
Table 2
Distribution of enteric protozoa among patients with and without diabetes.
| Detected parasites | Total (n = 240) | Diabetics (n = 140) | Nondiabetics (n = 100) | value |
| Single infection (n = 28) | Blastocystis hominis | 13 (5.42) | 6 (4.29) | 7 (7.0) | 0.360 | Entamoeba coli | 5 (2.08) | 3 (2.14) | 2 (2.00) | 0.939 | Chilomastix mesnili | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 3 (1.25) | 2 (1.43) | 1 (1.00) | 0.768 | Giardia lamblia | 3 (1.25) | 2 (1.43) | 1 (1.00) | 0.768 | Cryptosporidium spp. | 26 (10.83) | 25 (17.86) | 1 (1.00) | <0.001 | Cystoisospora belli | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 |
| Double infections (n = 18) | B. hominis + Cryptosporidium spp. | 2 (0.83) | 2 (1.43) | 0 (0.00) | 0.230 | B. hominis + E. histolytica/dispar | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | Cryptosporidium spp. + C. cayetanensis | 6 (2.50) | 6 (4.29) | 0 (0.00) | 0.036 | G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp. | 3 (1.25) | 3 (2.14) | 0 (0.00) | 0.141 | G. lamblia + C. cayetanensis | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | E. coli + G. lamblia | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | E. nana + Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | E. histolytica/dispar + Cryptosporidium spp. | 2 (0.83) | 2 (1.43) | 0 (0.00) | 0.230 | E. histolytica/dispar + G. lamblia | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 |
| Triple infection (n = 5) | E. histolytica/dispar + G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | E. coli + G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | B. hominis + E. nana + Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 (0.42) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (1.00) | 0.236 | B. hominis + C. mesnili + E. histolytica/dispar | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 | B. hominis + E. coli + Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 (0.42) | 1 (0.71) | 0 (0.00) | 0.397 |
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