Enteric Protozoan Parasitosis and Associated Factors among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Table 2

Distribution of enteric protozoa among patients with and without diabetes.

Detected parasites	Total (n = 240)	Diabetics (n = 140)	Nondiabetics (n = 100)	value
Single infection (n = 28)
Blastocystis hominis	13 (5.42)	6 (4.29)	7 (7.0)	0.360
Entamoeba coli	5 (2.08)	3 (2.14)	2 (2.00)	0.939
Chilomastix mesnili	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar	3 (1.25)	2 (1.43)	1 (1.00)	0.768
Giardia lamblia	3 (1.25)	2 (1.43)	1 (1.00)	0.768
Cryptosporidium spp.	26 (10.83)	25 (17.86)	1 (1.00)	<0.001
Cystoisospora belli	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
Double infections (n = 18)
B. hominis + Cryptosporidium spp.	2 (0.83)	2 (1.43)	0 (0.00)	0.230
B. hominis + E. histolytica/dispar	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
Cryptosporidium spp. + C. cayetanensis	6 (2.50)	6 (4.29)	0 (0.00)	0.036
G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp.	3 (1.25)	3 (2.14)	0 (0.00)	0.141
G. lamblia + C. cayetanensis	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
E. coli + G. lamblia	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
E. nana + Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
E. histolytica/dispar + Cryptosporidium spp.	2 (0.83)	2 (1.43)	0 (0.00)	0.230
E. histolytica/dispar + G. lamblia	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
Triple infection (n = 5)
E. histolytica/dispar + G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
E. coli + G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
B. hominis + E. nana + Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.42)	0 (0.00)	1 (1.00)	0.236
B. hominis + C. mesnili + E. histolytica/dispar	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397
B. hominis + E. coli + Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.42)	1 (0.71)	0 (0.00)	0.397