CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2018, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 489-494.

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Laboratory detection of parasitic infections in clinical samples from hospitals in Shanghai during 2014-2017

Peng SONG, Hao LI, Jian GUO, Lin AI, Yan LU, Yu-chun CAI, Mu-xin CHEN, Hai-mo SHEN, Shao-hong CHEN*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2018-06-19 Online:2018-10-30 Published:2018-11-13
  • Contact: Shao-hong CHEN E-mail:chensh@nipd.chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the results of laboratory detection of parasitic infections in clinical samples from hospitals in Shanghai during 2014-2017. Methods Samples included in this study were from hospitals in China which cooperated with National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, consisting of 7 secondary hospitals, 28 tertiary hospitals, and 6 foreign-related hospitals. The samples included whole blood, serum, feces, sputum, urine, body fluids (hydrothorax and ascites), histopathological sections, and worms. Information of the patient’s clinical data was also recorded. Parasitic infection in the samples was examined using direct smear method, modified acid-fast staining method, ELISA, and molecular biological methods. Results A total of 25 549 clinical samples were sent to the institute for examination, including 8 877 samples for pathogen detection, of which 633 (7.1%) were found to be infected with 33 species of parasites. Specifically, 331 samples were with Blastocystis homini (3.7%) and 120 with Entamoeba histolytica (1.4%). In addition, 16 672 samples were examined by the serological method, resulting in positive results for 1 881(10.9%) samples, consisting of 424 samples seropositive for Cysticercus cellulosae (23.4%), 388 for Sparganum mansoni (21.4%), 289 for Schistosoma japonicum (16.0%), 267 for Paragonimus westermani (14.7%), and 260 for Toxoplasma gondii (14.4%). Protozoan infection was detected in 371 samples, most of which were from Shanghai (125 samples), and helminth infection was revealed by ELISA in 87 samples, mainly from Shanghai (29 samples). Conclusion B. hominis and E. histolytica were the major intestinal protozoans in pathogen detection in the samples, and the seropositive cases mainly show possible infection with C. cellulosae and S. mansoni.

Key words: Clinical samples, Parasite detection, Analysis, Shanghai

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