The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of opportunistic parasites and Blastocystis spp. in patients with gastric cancer (CA) and to determine the significance of these parasite. Methods: The patient group and the control group were composed of 100 people each. The stool sam...
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| description | Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of opportunistic parasites and Blastocystis spp. in patients with gastric cancer (CA) and to determine the significance of these parasite. Methods: The patient group and the control group were composed of 100 people each. The stool samples were examined under the microscope for intestinal parasites with the native-Lugol method. Then, samples were multiplied by formol-ethyl acetate method and stained with modified acid-fast method. Results: Intestinal parasite positivity was indicated in 14% of the gastric CA, and 2% of the healthy individuals (p=0.001). Blastocystis spp. (p=0.009) was identified in 11%, Cryptosporidium spp. was identified in 4%, G. intestinalis was identified in 2%, and C. cayetanensis was identified in 1% of the patient group. There were significant differences between the intestinal parasite positivity (p=0.012), abundant Blastocystis spp. positivity (p=0.041) and all Blastocystis spp. positivity (p=0.037) in patient and control groups. Most of the patients who were positive for parasites had diarrhea. Conclusion: Based findings, it was concluded that it would be beneficial to evaluate gastric CA patients, especially those with diarrhea, for intestinal parasites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0dc72cf8f0164437912f3717909f23b22023-12-29T06:00:28ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi2146-30772023-12-0147422022310.4274/tpd.galenos.2023.3304213049054The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control GroupAnıl Gezici0Zeynep Taş Cengiz1Hasan Yılmaz2Selahattin Aydemir3 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Vocational School of Kemaliye Hacı Ali Akın, Division of Veterinary, Erzincan, Türkiye Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, Türkiye Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, Türkiye Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, Türkiye Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of opportunistic parasites and Blastocystis spp. in patients with gastric cancer (CA) and to determine the significance of these parasite. Methods: The patient group and the control group were composed of 100 people each. The stool samples were examined under the microscope for intestinal parasites with the native-Lugol method. Then, samples were multiplied by formol-ethyl acetate method and stained with modified acid-fast method. Results: Intestinal parasite positivity was indicated in 14% of the gastric CA, and 2% of the healthy individuals (p=0.001). Blastocystis spp. (p=0.009) was identified in 11%, Cryptosporidium spp. was identified in 4%, G. intestinalis was identified in 2%, and C. cayetanensis was identified in 1% of the patient group. There were significant differences between the intestinal parasite positivity (p=0.012), abundant Blastocystis spp. positivity (p=0.041) and all Blastocystis spp. positivity (p=0.037) in patient and control groups. Most of the patients who were positive for parasites had diarrhea. Conclusion: Based findings, it was concluded that it would be beneficial to evaluate gastric CA patients, especially those with diarrhea, for intestinal parasites. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-significance-of-opportunistic-parasitosis-and-/64002 gastric cancerblastocystis spp.opportunistic parasitesprevalence |
| spellingShingle | Anıl Gezici Zeynep Taş Cengiz Hasan Yılmaz Selahattin Aydemir The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi gastric cancer blastocystis spp. opportunistic parasites prevalence |
| title | The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group |
| title_full | The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group |
| title_fullStr | The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group |
| title_short | The Significance of Opportunistic Parasitosis and Blastocystosis in Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Study with Control Group |
| title_sort | significance of opportunistic parasitosis and blastocystosis in patients with gastric cancer a study with control group |
| topic | gastric cancer blastocystis spp. opportunistic parasites prevalence |
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