NGHIÊN CỨU TÌNH HÌNH NHIỄM ĐƠN BÀO ĐƯỜNG RUỘT Ở SINH VIÊN NĂM NHẤT TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC Y DƯỢC CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Background: Intestinal protozoan infection is common worldwide, causing significant impacts on health, causing diseases from acute to chronic. Objectives: 1. To determine the rate of gastrointestinal protozoal infection in first-year students at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy using stool testing techniques.2. To identify some risk factors for intestinal protozoan infection. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 241 first-year students at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy from June 2022 to June 2023. Results: In 241 samples collected, the overall rate of intestinal protozoan infection was 5 (%), the rate of mono infection was 4.6 (%), the rate of multiple infection was 0.4 (%) .Infection rate of Giardia lamblia was 1.7%, Entamoeba coli was 0.8%, Blastocystis hominis was 2.5%, Entamoeba histolytica was 0.4(%). The rate infected with Entamoeba coli and Blastocystis hominis was 0.4%. There is a relationship between habits - washing hands before eating, eating raw vegetables and intestinal protozoan infection. Conclusion: The overall rate of intestinal protozoan infection was 5 (%). The group of subjects who do not wash their hands before eating were 31,58 times more likely to be infected with protozoa than the group of subjects who wash their hands before eating (with p < 0.001 < 0.05), the group of subjects who eat raw vegetables were at risk of infection 6,94 times more protozoa than the group of subjects who did not eat raw vegetables (p=0.008<0.05).