The goal of this study is to describe the prevalence and the type of parasite in patients with a chronic spontaneous urticaria as well as to describe the associations between parasitic disease and the characteristics of the patients, for example eosinophilia.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
57
Tests for diagnosis of parasitic diseases
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Number of patients with parasite infestation
assess number of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria that have a parasite infestation (Analysis of stool samples by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (TPH), Basel)
Time frame: Patients with a chronic spontaneous urticaria that were treated at the University hospital basel between the 1st of June 2019 and the 30th of September 2019
Most common parasite subgroup
subtype determination from stool samples was performed by the Swiss TPH, Basel by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Time frame: Patients with a chronic spontaneous urticaria that were treated at the University hospital basel between the 1st of June 2019 and the 30th of September 2019
Correlation between migration Background/ travel history of the patients and parasite infestation
examine travel history and migration background of patients
Time frame: Patients with a chronic spontaneous urticaria that were treated at the University hospital basel between the 1st of June 2019 and the 30th of September 2019
Correlation between gastrointestinal complaints of the patients and parasite infestation
anamnesis of the patients
Time frame: Patients with a chronic spontaneous urticaria that were treated at the University hospital basel between the 1st of June 2019 and the 30th of September 2019
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