Terminal ileitis associated with Blastocystis hominis infection

Am J Gastroenterol. 1989 Jul;84(7):798-9.

Abstract

We report on the previously unobserved clinical presentation of terminal ileitis secondary to Blastocystis hominis in a 37-yr-old white male. When the patient was treated with metronidazole, the symptoms improved and the radiographic abnormalities resolved. We believe that this is the first well-documented instance of terminal ileitis secondary to B. hominis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Eukaryota / isolation & purification
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Ileitis / drug therapy
  • Ileitis / parasitology*
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Protozoan Infections* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Metronidazole