biostudies-literatureEscutia-Guzman YConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología571-576https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7672234biostudies-literatureUnknown58(5)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 saThe Korean journal of parasitologyAn Unusual Case of Extra-Enteric Blastocystosis in the Uterine Cervix.PMC7672234CB-2011/168619Martinez-Hernandez FEscutia-Guzman YRomero-Valdovinos MMaravilla PMartinez-Flores WAMartinez-Pimentel RArroyo-Escalante SOrozco-Mosqueda GEMartinez-Ocana JBenitez-Ramirez MfalseAn Unusual Case of Extra-Enteric Blastocystosis in the Uterine Cervix.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 sa2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Oct2025-04-04T22:53:34.855Z2025-04-04T22:53:34.855ZS-EPMC76722343320251010.3347/kjp.2020.58.5.571