Skip to main content
. 2017 Oct 23;98(1):27–31. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0465

Table 1.

Macroscopic fecal characteristic of 85 intestinal capillariasis patients*

Characters
Chronic diarrhea (> 1 month) 85 (100%)
Abnormal defecation 85 (100%)
Night time diarrhea 85 (100%)
Gross blood 1 (1.2%)
Gross Mucous 5 (5.9%)
Foul smell 48 (56.5%)
Food debris in stool 61 (71.8%)
*

Out of 85 cases, Capillaria phillipinensis eggs were found in 39 cases; C. phillipinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini eggs were found in 22 cases; C. phillipinensis eggs and Strongyloides stercoralis larvae were found in 11 cases; C. phillipinensis eggs, O. viverrini eggs, and S. stercoralis larvae were found in five cases; C. phillipinensis and Echinostome eggs were found in two cases; C. phillipinensis eggs, Echinostome eggs, and S. stercoralis larvae were found in two cases; C. phillipinensis, O. viverrini, and minute intestinal flukes eggs were found in one case; C. phillipinensis eggs, S. stercoralis larvae, and hook worm eggs were found in one case; C. phillipinensis and Taenia eggs were found in one case; C. phillipinensis eggs, O. viverrini eggs, Taenia eggs, and S. stercoralis larvae were found in one case.