Comparison of methods for detection of blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD patients in Ankara, Turkey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Dogruman Al, Funda ^a   Simsek, Zahide ^b   Boorom, Kenneth ^c   Ekici, Eyup ^a   Sahin, Memduh ^a   Tuncer, Candan ^a   Kustimur, Semra ^a   Altinbas, Akif ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Blastocystis Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUGOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANIMAL; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING;

BLASTOCYSTIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649516731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015484     Document Type: Article

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