An Unusual Case of Extra-Enteric Blastocystosis in the Uterine Cervix.
Korean J Parasitol
; 58(5): 571-576, 2020 Oct.
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Extra-enteric infections by Blastocystis spp. have rarely been documented. Here, we report a case of extra-enteric blastocystosis in a patient with minimal cervicitis symptoms. A 47-year-old Hispanic female patient was attended in a primary health centre in Michoacan state, Mexico, for her routine gynaecological medical examination. As only symptom, she referred to a slight vaginal itching. The presence of several vacuolar-stages of Blastocystis spp. were identified by Papanicolaou staining; molecular identification was attempted by culture-PCR sequencing of a region of 18S gene from cervical and faecal samples obtained 2 months after cytological examination, even when patient declared that she tried self-medicating with vaginal ovules. Blastocystis ST1 was identified only in the faecal sample. The presence of Blastocystis spp. in the cervix of a patient with scarce symptomatology, demonstrates the extraordinary flexibility of this microorganism to adapt to new environments and niches.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cervicite Uterina
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Colo do Útero
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Infecções por Blastocystis
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Blastocystis
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
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Korean J Parasitol
Assunto da revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
México
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