Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Treatment and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sao Tome and Principe: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

ANC anthelminthics prescription registered in the ANC pregnancy cards.

IPIs treatment	Helminths (n = 202)	S intercalatum (n = 11)	E histolytica (n = 7)
No	147 (72.7)	8 (72.8)	4 (57.1)
Missing	9 (4.5)	1 (9.0)	0
Yes	46 (22.8)	2 (18.2)	3 (42.9)
Anthelminthic drug
Albendazole	20 (43.5)	0	1 (33.3)
Mebendazole	17 (37)	0	2 (66.7)
Metronidazole	6 (13)	0	0
Piperazine	3 (6.5)	2 (100)	0
Adequate prescription	40 (87)	0	0
Inadequate prescription	6 (13)	2 (100)	3 (100)

IPI: intestinal parasitic infection. For the anthelmintic prescription analysis, three different groups were considered since the recommended drugs are different for helminthiasis (albendazole, mebendazole, or piperazine), schistosomiasis (praziquantel) [20, 32], and amebiasis (paromomycin, nitroimidazoles as metronidazole or tinidazole) [7, 8]. The sum refers to 220 infections: 202 monoparasitic helminthiasis plus 11 schistosomiasis (S intercalatum), and 7 amebiasis (E histolytica). Schistosomiasis and amebiasis coinfection cases were included. Giardiasis cases (2) were not described due to missing information on anthelmintic prescription.