[Blastocystis hominis: epidemiological and clinical remarks from more than 3,500 stool examinations]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 1999 Sep-Oct;57(5):601-4.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Pinel¹, C Réjasse, S Picot, M P Brenier-Pinchart, R Grillot, P Ambroise-Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Service de parasitologie-mycologie, Hôpital Albert-Michallon, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9.

PMID: 10518063

No abstract available

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Animals
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Blastocystis Infections / epidemiology*
Blastocystis hominis* / classification
Blastocystis hominis* / isolation & purification
Blastocystis hominis* / pathogenicity
Child
Child, Preschool
Feces / parasitology*
Female
France / epidemiology
Hematologic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Metronidazole / therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Travel

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Metronidazole