Recently, several investigators have reported large-bowel diarrhea in cats associated with intestinal trichomonad parasites. These reports have presumptively identified the flagellates as Pentatrichomonas hominis, a n organism putatively capable of infecting the intestinal tracts of a number of mammalian hosts, including cats, dogs, and man. The purpose of the present study was to determine the...

SD: Shiitake dermatitis SM: Shiitake mushroom INTRODUCTION Lentinula edodes, or shiitake mushroom (SM), is typically grown in EasternAsia and used in traditional Asian medicine and cuisine. Recently, SM became popular in Western culture and is now the second most commonly consumed mushroom in the world. Although rare, adverse reactions to SM have been previously reported. In mushroom farm worke...

The pathological significance of Giardia lamblia infection in human beings is still disputed. Some workers fail to attach any importance to this organism and believe that symptoms produced in the human body are not due to this protozoa alone but are perhaps caused by some other concurrent factor or factors. On the other hand, there are quite a large number of workers who definitely maintain tha...

296 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Volume 8 | Issue 4 | July‐August 2017 cutaneous features in adult onset Still’s disease. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2014;80:250‐3. 5. Bhushan P, Manjul P, Baliyan V. Flagellate dermatoses. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2014;80:149‐52. 6. Ohashi M, Moriya C, Kanoh H, Kinomura Y, Terakura Y, Kasahara S, et al. Adult‐onset Still’s disease with der...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram negative, spiral-shaped, strictly micro-aerophilic and flagellate human pathogen that can inhabit many areas of stomach. H. pylori infection leads to the generation of oxygen free radicals. H. pylori infection might also aggravate the course of glaucoma by increasing the levels of nitric oxide, endothelin-1 and free radicals indirectly. This article briefly reviews...

269 From the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung and the Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Accepted for publication: June 26, 2006 Reprint requests: Ya-Hui Chen, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, No 386, Ta-Chiung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. TEL: 886-7-3422121 ext. 4304 FAX: 886-7-3468209...