Blastocystis is an emerging protistan parasite colonizing the human intestine. It is frequently reported to cause general intestinal symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. We recently demonstrated that Blastocystis rearranged cytoskeletal proteins and induced intestinal epithelial barrier compromise. The effect of Blastocystis on enterocyte apoptosis is unknown, and a possible link...

23 24 Blastocystis is a ubiquitous enteric protozoan found in the intestinal tract of humans and a 25 wide range of animals. Accumulating evidence over the last decade suggests association 26 of Blastocystis with gastrointestinal disorders involving diarrhea, abdominal pain, 27 constipation, nausea and fatigue. Clinical and experimental studies have associated 28 Blastocystis with intestinal in...

OBJECTIVE To search for the opportunistic and other pathogenic intestinal parasites in dialysis patients, and to compare the methods used for diagnosis. METHODS This is a randomized study, which recruited participants from the dialysis patients. The study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Research Hospital, School of Medicine in Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey between Jun...

BACKGROUND Blastocystis sp. are among the most commonly observed intestinal parasites in routine clinical parasitology. Blastocystis in humans consists of at least 9 genetic subtypes. Different subtypes of Blastocystis may be associated with differences in pathogenicity and symptomatology. METHODS Advanced microscopy on two samples and sequence-confirmed PCR on a third sample from the same in...

A field survey studying intestinal parasites in humans and microbial pathogen contamination at environment was performed in a Laotian rural village to identify potential risks for disease outbreaks. A parasitological investigation was conducted in Ban Lak Sip village, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR involving fecal samples from 305 inhabitants as well as water samples taken from 3 sites of the local str...

context blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan found commonly in the intestinal tract of humans and many other animals with multiple subtypes, which tend to be specific to the host. we aimed to apply a meta-analysis for studies of protozoan pathogens in order to obtain a general overview of the prevalence and genotype analysis of blastocystis spp. in iran. results we included 40 eligib...

We assessed the prevalence of intestinal parasites among 268 2-12-year-old children living in rural areas, small villages, and semi-urban areas of the Chaco region, south-eastern Bolivia. The overall parasitism was 69%. Only protozoa, helminths, or co-infections were observed in 89.2%, 5.9%, or 4.9% of the positive children, respectively. A significant progressive increase in overall parasite p...

Background: Blastocystis is an anaerobic gastrointestinal protozoan that causes infections in humans and a wide range of animals. It was found the host specificity pathogenic potential different isolates are correlated with sequence variations SSU-rRNA gene. The identification organism at species level still unclear challenge. use natural nature substances against infectious organisms has been ...

100 random fecal samples sent to the clinical laboratory of the Aga Khan University Hospital were used. Microscopy was done by direct wet mount in which approximately 2 mg of feces (the amount that usually adheres to one end of the wooden applicator stick) was thoroughly emulsified on a glass slide in one dropofphysiologic salineandcovered with acoverslip. A similar preparation was made on anot...