Blastocystis infection is associated with irritable bowel syndrome in a Mexican patient population

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1269-1275

  Jimenez Gonzalez, Diego Emiliano ^a   Martinez Flores, Williams Arony ^a   Reyes Gordillo, Jesus ^a   Ramirez Miranda, Maria Elena ^a   Sara Arroyo Escalante, ^a   Romero Valdovinos, Mirza ^a   Stark, Damien ^b   Souza Saldivar, Valeria ^c   Martinez Hernandez, Fernando ^a   Flisser, Ana ^d   Olivo Diaz, Angelica ^a   Maravilla, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOLIMAX; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HAPLOTYPE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS; IRRITABLE COLON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEXICAN; MIXED INFECTION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGED; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETICS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

BLASTOCYSTIS; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84862742139     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2626-7     Document Type: Article

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