Blastocystis sp.—An emerging cause of diarrhea post stem cell transplantation

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Protozoans are endemic in the Middle East and diarrhea workup post stem cell transplant should always include stool examination for ova and parasites. ABSTRACT: We present a case of Blastocystis sp. infection in a multiple myeloma patient who developed diarrhea on day five of p...

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Autores principales: Radhwi, Osman, Almohammadi, Abdullah, Almarzouki, Adel, Barefah, Ahmed, Bahashwan, Salem, Alahwal, Hatem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10152071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37143462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7285
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author Radhwi, Osman
Almohammadi, Abdullah
Almarzouki, Adel
Barefah, Ahmed
Bahashwan, Salem
Alahwal, Hatem
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description KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Protozoans are endemic in the Middle East and diarrhea workup post stem cell transplant should always include stool examination for ova and parasites. ABSTRACT: We present a case of Blastocystis sp. infection in a multiple myeloma patient who developed diarrhea on day five of post‐autologous stem cell transplantation. Diarrhea is a major complication and a potential cause of mortality in this population. Testing for endemic protozoan is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-101520712023-05-03 Blastocystis sp.—An emerging cause of diarrhea post stem cell transplantation Radhwi, Osman Almohammadi, Abdullah Almarzouki, Adel Barefah, Ahmed Bahashwan, Salem Alahwal, Hatem Clin Case Rep Case Report KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Protozoans are endemic in the Middle East and diarrhea workup post stem cell transplant should always include stool examination for ova and parasites. ABSTRACT: We present a case of Blastocystis sp. infection in a multiple myeloma patient who developed diarrhea on day five of post‐autologous stem cell transplantation. Diarrhea is a major complication and a potential cause of mortality in this population. Testing for endemic protozoan is recommended. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10152071/ /pubmed/37143462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7285 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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