Chronic renal insufficiency disease (CRI) leads to uremia in hemodialysis patients and induces a state of immunodepression that results in higher frequencies of infections and diarrhea. Hemodialysis patients resident in the city of Campo Mourão, Paraná, Brazil were analyzed from April 2006 through September 2007 for Blastocystis sp. and other intestinal parasites and for associated diarrhea. Fe...

We report a case of a 45 year old woman which fulfilled the criteria of chronic urticaria (remitting and relapsing bouts of erythematous and pruriginuos lesions without angioedema, lasted four months). Cutaneous manifestations were not related to a specific inducing factor, had no benefit from antihystamine and steroid drugs and were associated sometimes with mild gastroentric disorders. Patien...

Blastocystis is one of the most common emerging zoonotic parasites in humans and animals. This study aimed to determine molecular prevalence subtype cattle (Bos taurus). A total 150 fresh fecal samples were collected from slaughtered various slaughterhouses Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia. Genomic DNA was extracted all used PCR analyses small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene Blastocysti...

conclusions the prevalence of b. hominis in the study area was lower than that reported for most developed countries, and unlike in other countries in the middle east, st4 was the most prevalent subtype. results blastocystis hominis was found to have a prevalence of 3.33% in the study population. there was no significant association of blastocystis infection with age (p = 0.3) or gender (p = 0....

A patient with rheumatoid arthritis taking prednisone developed Blastocystis hominis acute diarrhoea, which was associated with increased inflammation and effusion of the left knee. B hominis organisms were found in synovial fluid from the left knee. The patient responded dramatically to metronidazole treatment. B hominis may become disseminated in immunosuppressed patients with diarrhoea and m...

Blastocystis is a common intestinal micro-eukaryote found in both humans and non-human hosts and known to be genetically very diverse. It has been divided into numerous subtypes (STs), nine of which have been identified in humans to date. Surveys of ST prevalence have started to emerge over the past few years but to date no data are available for any African country except Egypt and Tanzania. I...

conclusions the frequency of b. hominis in the study was more than other reports from iran. this study revealed that among hospitalized children with diarrhea, b. hominis was the most common protozoon. results out of 160 stool samples were examined, in 37 cases (23%) including 25 boys and 12 girls, b. hominis was the most frequent protozoa, followed by giardia lamblia in 19 cases (12%). e. hist...