| Clinical characteristics and endoscopic findings associated with Blastocystis hominis in healthy adults. | |
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PMID: 13677378 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Ninety-nine individuals with stools positive for Blastocystis hominis but negative for other parasites were identified from medical records of healthy adults who had received a physical examination at Taipei Veterans General Hospital from November 2000 to October 2002. The medical records of these 99 positive cases and 193 randomly selected controls, matched for age, sex, and date of examination, were retrospectively reviewed. The pathogenicity of B. hominis could not be demonstrated due to a lack of association with the development of gastrointestinal symptoms or pathologic findings on endoscopic examination. Multivariate analyses revealed that chronic hepatitis B infection was a predisposing condition to the acquisition of B. hominis (odd ratio = 2.848, 95% confidence interval = 1.299-6.242, P = 0.009), and concentration of urate was significantly lower in B. hominis-positive individuals (mean +/- SD = 361.64 +/- 87.44 versus 392.57 +/- 93.38 micromol/L; P = 0.009). Among the 64 individuals who underwent gastric biopsy, Helicobacter pylori was found more frequently in the individuals harboring B. hominis (19 of 26 versus 15 of 38; P = 0.017). |
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Authors:
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Te-Li Chen; Che-Chang Chan; Hsin-Pai Chen; Chang-Phone Fung; Chih-Pei Lin; Wan-Leong Chan; Cheng-Yi Liu |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Volume: 69 ISSN: 0002-9637 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. Publication Date: 2003 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-09-17 Completed Date: 2003-10-06 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370507 Medline TA: Am J Trop Med Hyg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 213-6 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. tlchen@vghtpe.gov.tw |
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Animals Blastocystis Infections / epidemiology*, etiology*, pathology Blastocystis hominis* Case-Control Studies Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Feces / parasitology Female Helicobacter Infections Hepatitis B Humans Male Medical Records Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Taiwan / epidemiology |
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