Prevalence and molecular subtyping of Blastocystis in patients with Clostridium difficile infection, Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blastocystis is a common anaerobic colonic protist in humans with controversial pathogenicity. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is the commonest cause of infectious diarrhea in healthcare settings. The prevalence and subtype (ST) characteristics of Blastocystis in patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) are rarely documented. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and subtype characteristics of Blastocystis in patients with suspicion of CDI in Singapore.

Methods

Fecal samples were collected from 248 patients presenting with suspected CDI from a single tertiary hospital in Singapore. C. difficile was diagnosed through positive glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) with or without toxin A/B using enzyme immunoassay methods. The preva

SUBMITTER: Deng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142501 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature