Parasitic infections in irritable bowel syndrome patients: evidence to propose a possible link, based on a case–control study in the south of Iran
| Autor: | Bahador Sarkari, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Hosseini Asl, Mohammad Reza Fatahi, Zahra Rezaei, Farideh Esfandiari, Zohreh Shafiei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Parasitic infection medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Medicine Intestinal parasite Iran medicine.disease_cause Gastroenterology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Irritable Bowel Syndrome 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine IBS Internal medicine Humans Medicine Giardia lamblia Intestinal Diseases Parasitic lcsh:Science (General) lcsh:QH301-705.5 Irritable bowel syndrome Blastocystis biology business.industry lcsh:R Significant difference Healthy subjects Case-control study General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Endolimax Research Note 030104 developmental biology lcsh:Biology (General) Case-Control Studies Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Blastocystis spp business lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2020) BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-020-05118-x |
| Popis: | Objectives The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infections and their possible association with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), through a case–control study. Stool samples were collected from patients with IBS and healthy subjects and were examined microscopically to detect intestinal parasites. Results A total of 200 subjects were enrolled in the study including 100 patients with IBS and 100 healthy controls. The patients were selected based on the Rome III criteria. Of the 100 patients with IBS, 65 (65%) were female and 35 (35%) were male, with a mean age of 42.57 (± 4.07) years. Of these, 30 (30%) were infected with at least one intestinal parasite; the most common ones were Blastocystis hominis and Giardia lamblia. Of the control cases, 64 (64%) were female and 36 (36%) were male, with a mean age of 41.82 (± 11.75) years. Of these, 16 (16%) were infected with at least one intestinal parasite; the most common were B. hominis and Endolimax. There was a significant difference between the rate of parasitic infections between the patients with IBS and the control in particular, B. hominis and G. lamblia. The findings of the study support a possible link between parasitic infections and IBS. |
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