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Descriptor
English
:
Blastocystis Infections
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Infecciones por Blastocystis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Infecções por Blastocystis
Tree Number:
C03.432.250
C03.752.700.700.055.250
C06.405.469.452.250
Definition
English
:
Infections with
PROTOZOA
of the genus
BLASTOCYSTIS
. The species B. hominis is responsible for most infections. Parasitologic surveys have generally found small numbers of this species in human stools, but higher positivity rates and organism numbers in AIDS
patients
and other immunosuppressed
patients
(IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST).
Symptoms
include
ABDOMINAL PAIN
;
DIARRHEA
;
CONSTIPATION
;
VOMITING
; and
FATIGUE.
History Note
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:
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Record Number:
30231
Unique Identifier:
D016776
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