General Features of Patients Infected with Dientamoeba fragilis: Assessment of a Cohort of One Hundred Patients from Manisa Province

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dc.contributor.authorKurt, Ö
dc.contributor.authorOk, ÜZ
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T11:39:16Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T11:39:16Z
dc.description.abstractDientamoeba fragilis is a flagellated protozoon dwelling in the colonic lumen. It was shown that it may cause clinical manifestations which required effective anti-microbial therapy. General features of 100 D. fragilis-infected patients were assessed in a study conducted in the Parasitology Laboratory of Celal Bayar University Hospital. Patients were mostly females, between 18 and 50 years, and almost two-thirds of them were admitted with gastrointestinal complaints such as bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and fatigue. Thirty-four of 100 patients were coinfected with Blastocystis sp., while 27 of 83 (32.5%) patients that submitted three cellophane tape samples were coinfected with Enterobius vermicularis. Another significant outcome of the study was that 7 and 6 of 35 patients reported dermatologic complaints as itching and lesions, consecutively. The patients and/or their families were mostly educated, middle-class individuals living in apartments in city centre, using tap water for drinking and do regular hand-washing. The study results suggest that D. fragilis should be regarded as a causative agent in pediatric and adult patients suffering from abdominal pain, diarrhea and intense bloating, and the fresh stool samples should be examined directly or kept in a fixative solution until examination with a permanent-stained smear such as trichrome.
dc.identifier.issn1300-6045
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/1513
dc.language.isoTurkish
dc.publisherKAFKAS UNIV, VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
dc.subjectASCARIS-LUMBRICOIDES INFECTION
dc.subjectPARASITIC INFECTIONS
dc.subjectINTESTINAL PARASITES
dc.subjectSCHOOL-CHILDREN
dc.subjectLA-PLATA
dc.subjectPREVALENCE
dc.subjectARGENTINA
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.titleGeneral Features of Patients Infected with Dientamoeba fragilis: Assessment of a Cohort of One Hundred Patients from Manisa Province
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