%0 Journal Article %A Mahdi, N. K. %A Taha, S. A. %T The Efficiency of Duodenal Aspirate in the Diagnosis of Parasitosis and Candidiasis %D 2002 %J Qatar Medical Journal, %V 2002 %N 2 %@ 2227-0426 %C 14 %R https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2002.2.14 %K Parasites %K Candida %K Endoscopy %K Duodenal aspirate %I Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), %X A hundred patients presenting with dyspepsia and/or symptoms suggesting parasitosis/candidiasis were subjected to oesophago-gastroduodenoscopy (OGD) in the Endoscopy Unit of Basrah Teaching Hospital Duodenal ulcers were found in 23% of them. Duodenal aspirate and stool samples were taken and examined microscopically for parasitosis and candidiasis. Examination of duodenal aspirates revealed the presence of Giardia lamblia in 15% of the cases, B. hominis in 5%, C. parvum in 4% and Candida spp. in 16%; the respective figures for those microorganisms in stool samples were 8%, 12%y 2% and 7%. There was no characteristic pH level of the duodenal aspirate in relation to parasitosis, candidiasis or endoscopic findings. %U https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/qmj.2002.2.14