Investigation of Blastocystis spp. in patients with inflammatory bowel disease by direct microscopy and molecular methods
The prevalence of <i>Blastocystis spp</i>. was found to be higher in Ulcerative Colitis patients (23.3%) than in Crohn's disease (4%) and healthy controls (3.3%). According to these results, it has been shown that there may be a possible relationship between Ulcerative Colitis and <i>Blastocystis spp</i>.
Authors
- M. M. Salih
- Şentürkoğlu Feride
- Samadzade Rugıyya
- Korkmaz Hüseyin
Institutions
- Selçuk University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v25i1.8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.10