Iron deficiency in children with Giardia lamblia and Enterobius vermicularis

摘要

This paper describes serum iron-status in children with intestinal parasitic infection and three months after treatment without infection. Twenty-six children with Giardia lamblia infection were treated with tinidazole and metronidazole and forty-two children with Enterobius vermicularis were treated with pyrantel pamoate. Paired t test showed significant differences for serum iron and serum ferritin between the patients with and without Giardia lamblia and serum iron, serum ferritin and transferrin saturation in the patients with and without Enterobius vermicularis, three months later. These findings could reflect a more affected intestinal mucous in patients with intestinal parasitic infection, and support the opportunity to treat these parasitic infections and to begin iron supplementation