Blastocystis and irritable bowel syndrome: Frequency and subtypes from Iranian patients

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• 作者：Shahram Khademvatan^a ; ^b ; ^{Khademvatan@yahoo.com} ; Rahim Masjedizadeh^a ; ^{Rahim.masjedi@gmail.com} ; Fakher Rahim^a ; Hamidreza Mahbodfar^a ; Roya Salehi^a ; Ehsan Yousefi-Razin^c ; Masoud Foroutan^d
• 关键词：Irritable bowel syndrome ; Blastocystis ; Subtype ; Iran
• 刊名：Parasitology International
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：66
• 期：2
• 页码：142-145
• 全文大小：226 K
• 卷排序：66

文摘

There are inconsistent findings about the role of Blastocystis infection in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Blastocystis was detected in 19.67% of patients with IBS and 17.2% of individuals without IBS (P = 0.3). There was no significant differences in subtypes of Blastocystis between two groups (P = 0.6). Further investigations are needed to understand the role of Blastocystis in the etiology of IBS