| Frequency of enteric protozoan parasites among patients with gastrointestinal complaints in medical centers of Zahedan, Iran. | |
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PMID: 19084249 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We investigated the prevalence of intestinal protozoan parasites in patients with gastrointestinal complaints in medical centers in Zahedan, Iran. A total of 1562 stool samples was examined from July 2004 to January 2006 using microscopy (direct smear, formalin-ether concentration), xenic culture and PCR techniques. Four hundred and twenty-seven (27.3%) of the patients were infected with one or more intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia (10.1%), Entamoeba coli (10%), E. hartmanni (1.7%), Blastocystis hominis (2.2%), Chilomastix mesnili (1.7%), Trichomonas hominis (0.7%), E. histolytica/E. dispar (0.51%) and Iodamoeba butschlii (0.45%) were the most prevalent protozoa detected with microscopy. Of the eight microscopy-positive E. histolytica/E. dispar samples, six were identified as E. dispar by PCR/gel electrophoresis, whereas E. histolytica was not detected at all. Although Zahedan is an area with poor hygiene located in a tropical area near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the prevalence of E. histolytica and E. dispar here compared with other parasites and infectious diseases is unexpectedly low. |
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Authors:
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Ali Haghighi; Alireza Salimi Khorashad; Ehsan Nazemalhosseini Mojarad; Bahram Kazemi; Mohammad Rostami Nejad; Sima Rasti |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-12-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume: 103 ISSN: 1878-3503 ISO Abbreviation: Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. Publication Date: 2009 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-04-06 Completed Date: 2009-08-04 Revised Date: 2012-03-22 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7506129 Medline TA: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 452-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University, M.C., P.O. Box: 19395-4719, Yeman Street, Chamran Expressway, Tehran, Iran. alihaghi2000@yahoo.com |
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Abdominal Pain
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epidemiology,
microbiology,
parasitology* Animals Diarrhea / epidemiology, microbiology, parasitology* Feces / microbiology, parasitology* Female Humans Incidence Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis*, epidemiology, microbiology Iran / epidemiology Male Protozoan Infections / diagnosis*, epidemiology, microbiology |
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Comment In:
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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Dec;103(12):1292-3; author reply 1293-4
[PMID:
19307007
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