Blastocystis sp. Infection Mimicking Clostridium Difficile Colitis

We report an unusual case of severe diarrhea related to Blastocystis sp. infection in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis. The patient was admitted due to profuse diarrhea associated with fever and leukocytosis. Pertinent stool work-up such as leukocytes in stool, stool culture, c...

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Autores principales: Gil, Gaby S., Chaudhari, Shobhana, Shady, Ahmed, Caballes, Ana, Hong, Joe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4876221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27247810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7264387
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author Gil, Gaby S.
Chaudhari, Shobhana
Shady, Ahmed
Caballes, Ana
Hong, Joe
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description We report an unusual case of severe diarrhea related to Blastocystis sp. infection in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis. The patient was admitted due to profuse diarrhea associated with fever and leukocytosis. Pertinent stool work-up such as leukocytes in stool, stool culture, clostridium difficile toxin B PCR, and serology for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C and cytomegalovirus screening were all negative. Ova and parasite stool examination revealed Blastocystis sp. The patient was given intravenous metronidazole with clinical improvement by day three and total resolution of symptoms by day ten.
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spelling pubmed-48762212016-05-31 Blastocystis sp. Infection Mimicking Clostridium Difficile Colitis Gil, Gaby S. Chaudhari, Shobhana Shady, Ahmed Caballes, Ana Hong, Joe Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We report an unusual case of severe diarrhea related to Blastocystis sp. infection in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis. The patient was admitted due to profuse diarrhea associated with fever and leukocytosis. Pertinent stool work-up such as leukocytes in stool, stool culture, clostridium difficile toxin B PCR, and serology for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C and cytomegalovirus screening were all negative. Ova and parasite stool examination revealed Blastocystis sp. The patient was given intravenous metronidazole with clinical improvement by day three and total resolution of symptoms by day ten. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4876221/ /pubmed/27247810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7264387 Text en Copyright © 2016 Gaby S. Gil et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Blastocystis sp. Infection Mimicking Clostridium Difficile Colitis
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title_fullStr Blastocystis sp. Infection Mimicking Clostridium Difficile Colitis
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title_short Blastocystis sp. Infection Mimicking Clostridium Difficile Colitis
title_sort blastocystis sp. infection mimicking clostridium difficile colitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4876221/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7264387
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