Molecular identification of Pentatrichomonas hominis in two patients with gastrointestinal symptoms

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 933-935

  Meloni, Dionigia ^a,b   Mantini, Cléa ^a   Goustille, Julien ^c   Desoubeaux, Guillaume ^c   Maakaroun Vermesse, Zoha ^d   Chandenier, Jacques ^c   Gantois, Nausicaa ^a   Duboucher, Christophe ^e   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a   Duong, Thanh Hai ^c   Viscogliosi, Eric ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^d Centre de Pediatrie Clocheville   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; LOOSE FECES; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RIBOTYPING; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 80053205076     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2011.089326     Document Type: Letter

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