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KMID : 0882419930450020169
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Korean Journal of Medicine
1993 Volume.45 No. 2 p.169 ~ p.176
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The Intensity of Clonorchis Sinnsis Infection by E.P.G. Counts and the Degree of Abnormalities in Laboratory Tests
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Abstract
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ackground : E.P.G. counts has been used as a significant guide for suspecting the intensity of clonorchis inensis (C.S.) infection and severity of clinical findings in clonorchiasis. The correlation between EPC counts and the degree of the
abnormalities in laboratory tests was investigated.
Method : 65 clonorchiasis patients were examined with the stools by Stoll's egg counting
method for the intensity of infection. The patients were divided into light, moderate, heavy
and very heavy infection groups depending upon the number of eggs per gram of feces
(E.P.G.) and the results of hematological and biochemical tests were evaluated in each group.
Results : 43 of 65 patients (66.2%) were in the light infection group and 57 of 65 patient
(87.7%) had ar least one abnormal item in liver function test. The degree of the intensity of
clonochis infection by E.P.G. counts didn't correlate with the level of alnormality in the
laboratory tests.
Conclusion : Regrardless of the E.P.G. by Stoll's egg counting method, the presence of
C.S. itself shows more clinical importance as a better confirmative diagnostic test than
cellophane thick smear test in some cases of clonorchiasis.
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