A Mexican Honeymoon Marred by Gastrointestinal Upset: A Case of Dientamoeba fragilis Causing Post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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A Mexican Honeymoon Marred by Gastrointestinal Upset: A Case of Dientamoeba fragilis Causing Post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dientamoeba fragilis (D. fragilis) is an anaerobic intestinal protozoan parasite that has been associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-like symptoms. We report a case of post-infectious IBS caused by D. fragilis treated successfully with metronidazole. A 33-year-old African American male with an unremarkable past medical history was seen in the office with a three-month history of interm...
متن کاملPost-infectious irritable bowel syndrome.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Irritable bowel syndrome patients form a heterogeneous group with a variable contribution of central and peripheral components. The peripheral component is prominent in irritable bowel syndrome developing after infection (post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome) and this has proved a profitable area of research. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have overthrown the dogma that ...
متن کاملPost-infectious irritable bowel syndrome.
Post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) is a common disorder wherein symptoms of IBS begin after an episode of acute gastroenteritis. Published studies have reported incidence of PI-IBS to range between 5% and 32%. The mechanisms underlying the development of PI-IBS are not fully understood, but are believed to include persistent sub-clinical inflammation, changes in intestinal permea...
متن کاملPost-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
inflammatory component of IBS. A proportion of patients with diarrhea-predominant IBS recall acute infectious enteritis as a boot for the onset of their symptoms, and 7%-33% of patients with acute bacterial enteritis will experience IBS symptoms for over 6 months. A chronic latent inflammation has been documented in mucosal biopsies of these patients. Post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS) has been linke...
متن کاملPost-infectious and non post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome: A comparative study.
OBJECTIVE To compare the post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) and none post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (NPI-IBS) clinically and experimentally. METHODS From May 2013 to January 2015, eighty-nine patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)were recruited in the internal department of the affiliated hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The clini...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1992