Blastocystis (B.) hominis was considered to be a member of normal intestinal flora in the past, but in recent years it has been accepted as a very controversial pathogenic protozoan. In this study, 52 individuals whose stool examination revealed B. hominis were evaluated for clinical symptoms. Metronidazole was administered for 2 weeks to the patients infected with B. hominis. After 2 weeks of ...

A total of 19,252 stool specimens from 12,136 patients were examined by direct microscopy and the ethyl acetate-Formalin concentration method during the last 2 years. All liquid specimens and those in which parasite identification was difficult or equivocal were also examined in trichrome-stained preparations. A total of 3,070 intestinal parasites were seen in 2,889 patients. Blastocystis homin...

Blastocystis hominis and Endolimax nana exist as two separate parasitic organisms; however co-infection with the two individual parasites has been well documented. Although often symptomatic in immunocompromised individuals, the pathogenicity of the organisms in immunocompetent subjects causing gastrointestinal symptoms has been debated, with studies revealing mixed results. Clinically, both B....

In regions with high prevalence, Blastocystis hominis is frequently found in association with Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar in xenic cultures. Its exacerbated growth is often superimposed on the growth of amebas, thus impeding the continuation of the amebas in the culture, within a few generations. The present study reports on the excellent efficacy (100%) of the antifungal agent miconazole i...

blastocystis hominis is a protozoan parasite which mainly found in human fecal samples both from symptomatic patients and asymptomatic population in developing countries. in this study we reported a patient referred to gi clinic with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever for 2 or 3 days and passed watery stools because of blastocystis sp. subtype 2 infection.

Plasmodium falciparum Amebae (Intestinal) Babesia species Entamoeba histolytica Flagellates (Leishmaniae, Trypanosomes) Entamoeba dispar* Leishmania tropica complex Entamoeba hartmanni Leishmania mexicana complex Entamoeba coli Leishmania braziliensis complex Entamoeba polecki Leishmania donovani complex Endolimax nana Leishmania peruviana Iodamoeba bütschlii Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Blasto...