Six ulcerative colitis patients with refractory symptoms co-infective with Blastocystis hominis in China

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1207-1210

  Tai, Wei Ping ^a,b   Hu, Pin Jin ^b   Wu, Jing ^a   Lin, Xiang Chun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CHINA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMORBIDITY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 79956215335     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2164-8     Document Type: Article

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