Parasitic infections among patients of Al Nour Specialized Hospital

Parasitic infections are still the main public health problem in the developing countries. Saudi Arabia is a developing country beside, it is the main center for all muslims for "Haj and Omra". Most of the work done in the field of parasitic infections dealt with Saudis or Yemenis. In this paper, most of the patients are muslims coming for Haj and or Omra. The highest rate if infection was 11.63% for Giardia and the lowest was 0.007% for Fasciola. Urine examination showed S. haematobium (2.99%), T. vaginalis (3.82%) and Enterobius eggs (0.04%). Malaria infection was also encountered. P. vivax showed 2.5% and P. falciparum showed 6.5% among a total of 5233 suspected cases. Still the direct examination of urine and stool being the most reliable method for diagnosis of helminthic infections. The whole results were discussed.