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Infection par Blastocystis

Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2017
Blastocystis hominis est un organisme commun de la flore intestinale de l’homme, du singe et du cobaye. D’abord considere comme une levure, puis comme une algue, il est actuellement classe parmi les protozoaires. Les enfants sont souvent porteurs de parasites intestinaux, dans les pays en voie de developpement en particulier dans les collectivites et ...
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Invasive Blastocystis hominis Infection in a Child

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1994
The association of Blastocystis hominis with human disease is controversial. Many studies 1-9 have reported its association with gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and weight loss. Other reports 10,11 doubt its clinical pathogenicity. To our knowledge, invasive B hominis has not been found in humans.
Y S, al-Tawil, M A, Gilger, G S, Gopalakrishna, C, Langston, K E, Bommer   +4 more
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Experimental Blastocystis hominis infection in laboratory mice

Parasitology Research, 1997
Young (less than 8 weeks old) immunocompetent BALB/c mice became infected with Blastocystis hominis after inoculation of fecal cysts orally and of in vitro axenic-culture forms intracecally. This study confirmed that the fecal cyst was the form responsible for external transmission and that the mode of transmission was by the fecal-oral route.
Moe, K.T., Singh, M., Howe, J., Ho, L.C., Tan, S.W., Chen, X.Q., Ng, G.C., Yap, E.H.   +7 more
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  Blastocystis infection

2020
Abstract Blastocystis is an anaerobic unicellular non-invasive colonic parasite of animals and humans. It is transmitted faeco-orally, with human infection associated with travel, institutions, animal handlers, and immunodeficiency. Case reports strongly suggest that it causes a self-limited diarrhoeal illness.
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Chronic urticaria associated with Blastocystis hominis infection

Archives of Dermatological Research
Urticaria is a skin rash with several etiologic factors, including infectious agents. Blastocystis hominis is an intestinal protozoan parasite that has been linked to urticaria and skin lesions. The aim of this work was to investigate the association between B. hominis infection and chronic urticaria.
Arya Jafari, Fares Bahrami, Rasoul Nasiri-Kalmarzi, Amir Abdoli   +3 more
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Blastocystis hominis infection

2010
Blastocystis hominis is an anaerobic unicellular non-invasive colonic parasite of animals and humans. It is transmitted faeco-orally, with human infection associated with travel, institutions, animal handlers and immunodeficiency. Case reports strongly suggest that it causes a self-limited diarrhoeal illness.
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Effect of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethaxazole in Blastocystis Hominis Infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1999
Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) is a common intestinal parasite that has long been considered nonpathogenic. Recently there have been many reports supporting a role for the organism as a potential pathogen. We performed a study to examine the pathogenicity of B.
U Z, Ok, N, Girginkardeşler, C, Balcioğlu, P, Ertan, T, Pirildar, A A, Kilimcioğlu   +5 more
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Blastocystis hominis Infection Presenting as Recurrent Diarrhea

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985
Excerpt Originally named and classified as fungus by Brumpt (1),Blastocystis hominishas recently been reclassified as a parasite (2). In addition,B.
J B, Vannatta, D, Adamson, K, Mullican
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Epidemiologic Survey of Blastocystis hominis Infection in Japan

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997
The incidence of Blastocystis hominis in a healthy population was determined by fecal examination of 6,422 Japanese and 54 resident non-Japanese who visited the St. Luke's International Hospital Health Screening Center for a routine medical check-up during a one-year period.
N, Horiki, M, Maruyama, Y, Fujita, T, Yonekura, S, Minato, Y, Kaneda   +5 more
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First report of Blastocystis infections in cattle in China

Veterinary Parasitology, 2017
Blastocystis is one of the most common intestinal protists of humans and can also infect a variety of other mammals and birds. Blastocystis infections and subtype distribution in cattle have been documented, while nothing is known about those in China.
Weining, Zhu, Wei, Tao, Binbin, Gong, Hang, Yang, Yijing, Li, Mingxin, Song, Yixin, Lu, Wei, Li   +7 more
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