Low prevalence of Blastocystis sp. in active ulcerative colitis patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1039-1044

  Rossen, N G ^a   Bart, A ^a   Verhaar, N ^a   van Nood, E ^a   Kootte, R ^a   de Groot, P F ^a   D'Haens G R ^a   Ponsioen, C Y ^a   van Gool, T ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIENTAMOEBA; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FECES TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCOLITIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928487252     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2312-2     Document Type: Article

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