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Title: | Parasites in Mexican patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a case-control study |
Authors: | Elena Ramirez-Miranda, Maria Hernandez-Castellanos, Rosaura Lopez-Escamilla, Eduardo Moncada, David Rodriguez-MagAllan, Alfredo Pagaza-Melero, Carlos González-Angulo, Alberto Flisser, Ana Kawa-Karasik, Simon Maravilla, Pablo |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Parasites & Vectors |
Citation: | Elena Ramirez-Miranda, M.; Hernandez-Castellanos, R.; Lopez-Escamilla, E.; Moncada, D.; Rodriguez-MagAllan, A.; Pagaza-Melero, C.; González-Angulo, A.; Flisser, A.; Kawa-Karasik, S.; Maravilla, P. (2010). Parasites in Mexican patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a case-control study. PARASITES & VECTOR, 3. |
Abstract: | One hundred and fifteen patients with symptoms suggestive of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) according to Rome III criteria and 209 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms different from IBS (control) were identified through medical records from the Gastroenterology Clinic of the "Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital" from January 2008 to March 2010. No statistical differences in IBS data as compared with control groups were observed except in bloating, that was more frequent in the IBS group (P = 0.043). Although the pathogenicity of specific intestinal protozoa could not be demonstrated due to lack of association with the development of gastrointestinal symptoms, Blastocystis spp, in the IBS group, exhibited a trend of association to diarrhoea (odds ratio = 2.73, 95% confidence interval = 0.84-8.80, P = 0.053), while having any parasite and diarrhoea was significant (odds ratio = 3.38, 95% confidence interval = 1.33-8.57, P = 0.008). The association between Blastocystis and diarrhoea in IBS patients although not conclusive is an interesting finding; nonetheless more extensive case-controlled studies are required to clearly define the role of some "non-pathogenic" parasites in intestinal disease and IBS. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11154/99971 10.1186/1756-3305-3-96 http://hdl.handle.net/11154/174509 |
ISSN: | 1756-3305 |
Appears in Collections: | Artículos sobre cisticercosis y T. solium publicados por investigadores mexicanos
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