Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia

We report cases of two unrelated families who both presented with recurrent Dientamoeba fragilis infections. Subsequent antimicrobial therapy resulted in the clearance of D. fragilis and total resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms in both families. This report highlights the potentially recurrent...

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Autores principales: Stark, Damien, Barratt, Joel, Ellis, John, Harkness, John, Marriott, Deborah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470882
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e4
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description We report cases of two unrelated families who both presented with recurrent Dientamoeba fragilis infections. Subsequent antimicrobial therapy resulted in the clearance of D. fragilis and total resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms in both families. This report highlights the potentially recurrent nature of D. fragilis infections and the need for laboratories to routinely test for this organism.
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spelling pubmed-38925682014-01-27 Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia Stark, Damien Barratt, Joel Ellis, John Harkness, John Marriott, Deborah Infect Dis Rep Case Report We report cases of two unrelated families who both presented with recurrent Dientamoeba fragilis infections. Subsequent antimicrobial therapy resulted in the clearance of D. fragilis and total resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms in both families. This report highlights the potentially recurrent nature of D. fragilis infections and the need for laboratories to routinely test for this organism. PAGEPress Publications 2009-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3892568/ /pubmed/24470882 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e4 Text en ©Copyright D. Stark et al., 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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title_full Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia
title_fullStr Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia
title_short Repeated Dientamoeba fragilis infections: a case report of two families from Sydney, Australia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892568/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2009.e4
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