Intestinal parasitic co-infections associated with Helicobacter pylori among paediatric patients with gastrointestinal illness attending a general hospital in southern Ethiopia.

Nearly one in twenty pediatric patients with gastrointestinal symptoms had intestinal parasitic infections and H. pylori co-infections, representing a silent health problem that is to be addressed through effective control strategies. Health administrators should consider the importance of co-infections in clinical diagnosis and planning aimed at its prevention.