TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the role of intestinal parasites in the high rates of irritable bowel syndrome in South America
T2 - a pilot study
AU - Vasquez-Rios, George
AU - Machicado, Jorge D.
AU - Gamero, Maria T.
AU - Pezua, Adriana
AU - Betancourt, Angel B.
AU - Terashima, Angelica
AU - Marcos, Luis A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - There is limited data on the role of intestinal parasites in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in South America. We evaluated the association between intestinal parasitism and IBS status in Peru. Intestinal parasites were detected in 43% of the IBS cases and in 51% of the controls (P = 0.4). After excluding those infected by any parasite, the IBS prevalence remained high (22%; P = 0.7). No statistically significant difference was noted between IBS cases and controls in terms of monoparasitism, biparasitism or multiparasitism. Furthermore, the protist Blastocystis sp. was inversely associated with IBS.
AB - There is limited data on the role of intestinal parasites in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in South America. We evaluated the association between intestinal parasitism and IBS status in Peru. Intestinal parasites were detected in 43% of the IBS cases and in 51% of the controls (P = 0.4). After excluding those infected by any parasite, the IBS prevalence remained high (22%; P = 0.7). No statistically significant difference was noted between IBS cases and controls in terms of monoparasitism, biparasitism or multiparasitism. Furthermore, the protist Blastocystis sp. was inversely associated with IBS.
KW - Blastocystis sp.
KW - Functional gastrointestinal diseases
KW - Soil-transmitted helminths
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84982683740
U2 - 10.14411/fp.2015.065
DO - 10.14411/fp.2015.065
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84982683740
SN - 0015-5683
VL - 62
JO - Folia Parasitologica
JF - Folia Parasitologica
M1 - 65
ER -