Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin
Abstract Blastocystis hominis is a controversial parasite because of its taxonomy and its treatment. In this report, an immunocompetent person with chronic blastocystosis, in whom a series of treatments were used without success, except for the use of ciprofloxaci. Ciprofloxacin could be an antibiot...
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| author | Jesús Rojas‐Jaimes Eduardo Vesco‐Monteagudo |
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| description | Abstract Blastocystis hominis is a controversial parasite because of its taxonomy and its treatment. In this report, an immunocompetent person with chronic blastocystosis, in whom a series of treatments were used without success, except for the use of ciprofloxaci. Ciprofloxacin could be an antibiotic of choice in chronic blastocystosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bcae4c25f324f3cb282a6ed85b63faa2023-06-30T07:34:07ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-06-01116n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.7446Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacinJesús Rojas‐Jaimes0Eduardo Vesco‐Monteagudo1Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Privada del Norte Lima PeruClínica Anglo‐Americana Lima PeruAbstract Blastocystis hominis is a controversial parasite because of its taxonomy and its treatment. In this report, an immunocompetent person with chronic blastocystosis, in whom a series of treatments were used without success, except for the use of ciprofloxaci. Ciprofloxacin could be an antibiotic of choice in chronic blastocystosis.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7446Blastocystis hominisciprofloxacinremissiontreatment |
| spellingShingle | Jesús Rojas‐Jaimes Eduardo Vesco‐Monteagudo Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin Clinical Case Reports Blastocystis hominis ciprofloxacin remission treatment |
| title | Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| title_full | Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| title_fullStr | Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| title_short | Remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| title_sort | remission of chronic blastocystosis using ciprofloxacin |
| topic | Blastocystis hominis ciprofloxacin remission treatment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7446 |
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