Active ulcerative colitis associated with low prevalence of Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis infection

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2013 May;48(5):638-9. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2013.780094. Epub 2013 Mar 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blastocystis / isolation & purification*
  • Blastocystis Infections / epidemiology
  • Blastocystis Infections / parasitology*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / epidemiology
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / parasitology*
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Dientamoeba / isolation & purification*
  • Dientamoebiasis / epidemiology
  • Dientamoebiasis / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / epidemiology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Young Adult