Efficacy of Nitazoxanide, Nitazoxanide-Garlic Combination and Tinidazole in Treatment of Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis hominis: Coproscopic Assessment [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2023 Background: Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis hominis are among the most common intestinal protozoa worldwide. Treatment of infection by metronidazole (MTZ) has some limitations. The objective of this study was to detect the prevalence of Blastocystis
Sarah Mohamed Abdo +3 more
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Antiprotozoal activity of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf and Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) Kart extracts against Blastocystis hominis [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: Blastocystis hominis is an intestinal protozoan in humans and animals. The parasite causes mild-to-severe intestinal complications, such as diarrhea, in healthy humans and immunocompromised hosts.
Chalermpon Kaewjai +3 more
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Predominance and association risk of Blastocystis hominis subtype I in colorectal cancer: a case control study [PDF]
Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2017 Background Blastocystis, a genetically diverse intestinal parasite with controversial pathogenic potential, has increasingly been incriminated for diarrheal illness in immunocompromised individuals including colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.
Amr Mohamed Mohamed +5 more
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Identification of Cryptosporidium parvum and Blastocystis hominis subtype ST3 in Cholga mussel and treated sewage: Preliminary evidence of fecal contamination in harvesting area [PDF]
Food and Waterborne ParasitologyCryptosporidium parvum and Blastocystis hominis are foodborne parasites known for causing diarrhea. They accumulate in mussels grown on contaminated water bodies, due to the discharge of treated sewage from sewage treatment plants (STP).
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Geospatial analysis and epidemiological aspects of human infections with in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2019 OBJECTIVES Blastocystis hominis is a very common large intestinal protozoan with global prevalence in humans and non-human hosts. No precise statistics exist regarding the geographical distribution of Blastocystis that would enable the identification of ...
Shabnam Asfaram +8 more
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Blastocystis hominis: An Organism in Search of a Disease
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1988 Blastocystis hominis is a protozoan organism frequently found in the human intestinal tract. Eleven consecutive patients with symptoms of enteritis and having B. hominis as the sole enteropathogen were studied in an attempt to define the association of blastocystosis with clinical disease. B.
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Prevalence and Subtype Analysis of Blastocystis hominis Isolated from Patients in the Northeast of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Parasitology Research, 2021 Blastocystis hominis is the most common intestinal parasite found in humans and many other hosts. Pathogenicity of Blastocystis spp. remains controversial, and it has been suggested that it may be associated with specific subtypes of the organism.
Mitra Salehi +6 more
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The role of Blastocystis hominis in the activation of ulcerative colitis [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019 Background/Aims: Several studies have shown that a change in microbiota plays an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Furthermore, with the emergence in recent studies of differences according to the subtype of IBD and ...
Mehmet Kök +5 more
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Blastocystis hominis revisited [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1996 Blastocystis hominis is a unicellular organism found commonly in the intestinal tract of humans and many other animals. Very little is known of the basic biology of the organism, and controversy surrounds its taxonomy and pathogenicity. There morphological forms (vacuolar, granular, and ameboid) have been recognized, but recent studies have revealed ...
D J, Stenzel, P F, Boreham
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EFFICACY OF FECAL CALPROTECTIN AS A MARKER FOR THE PATHOGENICITY OF BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2021 Fecal calprotectin (f-CP) is a marker of inflammation in intestine, calprotectin is released bywhilte blood cells, macrophages, and epithelial cells.This study used the f-CP level as a factor to determine the pathogenicity of Blastocystis hominis.The f ...
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