Myiasis is a rare condition, produced by the invasion of tissues by maggots, the larvae of flies. This condition may be seen in wounds, eyes, nasal cavities and even intestinal tract and depends basically upon the random or chance infection of these tissues by eggs, of various flies. Recently a 25 years old man presented of vague abdominal pains, hyperacidity and intermittent passage of small w...

Cryptosporidium spp. infection is one of the causes diarrhea in people living with HIV/AIDS. The objective this study to compare sensitivity microscopy and molecular biology determine prevalence Patients Living With HIV (PLWH). This a descriptive cross-sectional conducted three care centers for HIV/AIDS Abidjan. It took place from November 2018 March 2020. Sociodemographic data were obtained vi...

background and aims: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is the microorganism that infects nearly half of word's population. there are several invasive and non-invasive methods for diagnosis of infection. the main objective of this study was to evaluate antigen of h. pylori in feces with h. pylori stool antigen (hpsa) test and comparison with rapid urease test (rut) in the patients suspected t...

Analysis of stool specimens from a patient with familial coproporphyria by high-performance liquid chromatography revealed that 112 microgram per gram of dry feces (14% of the total porphyrin present) was copper coproporphyrin. Examination of stool specimens from other patients with this disease confirmed the presence of significant amounts of both copper coproporphyrin and coproporphyrin. Furt...

Background: Giardia lamblia is a common intestinal parasite associated with social or personal problems. Giardiasis is distributed all over the world; however, the infection is more prevalent in developing countries. Metronidazole is now considered as a drug of choice for giardiasis treatment. The increasing number of reports of refractory cases as well as side effects of this ...

This is the report on a patient with chronic diarrhea caused by microsporidia. He is married, infected with HIV and has low CD4 cell count. The diagnosis was established through stool parasite search using concentration methods and Gram-chromotrope staining technique. Ileum biopsy was also performed in this case. The etiological diagnosis may be established in a clinical laboratory, by chromotr...

BACKGROUND Persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at increased risk for diarrhea and enteric infections. We studied (1) the epidemiology of enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea, (2) the diagnostic yield of stool examination and endoscopic evaluation, (3) risks to develop diarrhea, and (4) the impact of diarrhea on patients' survival. METHODS A total of 1933 partici...

At 70 h of age, the neonate presented with diarrhea. Examination revealed an active infant with normal hydration. Investigations revealed: hemoglobin 17 g/dl; TLC 8,300/mm (60% polymorphs, 40% lymphocytes and band to total neutrophil count ratio of 0.33); micro ESR 1 mm/lst hour. Stool miscroscopy revealed numerous polymorphs. Blood culture was sterile and stool culture grew Escherichia coli se...