چكيده لاتين :
Introduction: As several parasitologic studies on normal population of Hamadan city during 1989-1999 indicated a high prevalence of Parastic infection in the area, this study was carried out to evaluate Parastic and Fungal infection of skin, digestive and reproductive tract in patients with mental disorders confined to bed in Sina hospital.
Materials & Methods: To study parasitic infections, stool samples of 106 patients (78 males, 28 females) were collected and examined using direct and formol- ether methods.To evaluate skin fungal infections, samples of suspected lesions of 124 patients (31 females, 39 males) were gathered and tested using culture and direct methods. All the patients (124) were carefully examined for any infection with scabiei and pediculus humanus. Using swab sampling, 31 females were tested to be diagnosed if infected with parasitic and fungal infections. All the samples were tested through culture and direct methods.
Results: The findings showed that 23.6% of the patients were infected with parasites, 4.71% with Ascaris, 2.73% with Trichuris trichiura and Iiymenolepis nana: 0.94%, Giardia lamblia: 7.49% and 3 cases of skin fungal lesions 2 cases of inguinal candidia, one case of onicomychosis. None of the cases were infected with trichomonas vaginalis, reproductive tract fungal infections, scabiei and pediculus humanus.
Conclusion: The results of this study campared with the normal population of Humadan city show that the infection rate in psychiatric patients of Sina hospital (23.6%) is significantly less than the average rate of parasitic infection in normal population of Humadan city (50%). The important point regarding epidemiologic factors was the rate of infections that has a significant correlation with the patients period of confinement. So the
rate of infection was relatively less in those who were confined to bed for a longer time.
