Detection of Blastocystis Subtypes in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain and Celiac Disease in Çorum, Turkey       
Yazarlar (7)
Ayşe Semra Güreser
Türkiye
Atakan Comba
Türkiye
Djursun Karasartova
Hitit Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Nezahat Koşar
Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Adem KESKİN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Chrısten Rune Stensvold
Hikmet Ayşegül Taylan Özkan
Tobb Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
Dergi ISSN 1735-7020 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 07-2022
Cilt No 17
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 296 / 305
DOI Numarası 10.18502/ijpa.v17i3.10619
Makale Linki http://ijpa.tums.ac.ir
Özet
Background: Blastocystis has been associated with various symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of Blastocystis in children with celiac disease (CeD) or functional abdominal pain (FAP) and to evaluate its subtypes (STs) with respect to demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological factors. Methods: Overall, 161 fecal samples were collected from healthy children and patients with FAP or CeD in Hitit University Erol Olçok Research and Training Hospital, Corum, Turkey between 2016-2018. Samples were examined using both native-Lugol (NL) and trichrome-stained (TS) smears, and further analyses by PCR and Sanger sequencing were performed. A standard questionnaire was applied to obtain demographic, socioeconomic, epidemiological data. Results: Blastocystis was found in 10.6% of the total study population. Neither bacteria nor any other parasites were found, except for one Giardia (0.6%) in the CeD group. The presence/absence of the parasite was not found to be associated with demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological factors. Blastocysis was detected in 11.5% (6/52) of the CeD, 7.7% (4/52) of the FAP, and 12.3% (7/57) of the healthy group. Diagnostic methods were similar in terms of Blastocystis detection (P= 0.671), and there was fair agreement between the NL, TS and PCR (Fleiss' Kappa=0.847, P=0.001). ST2 (42.8%) and ST3 (35.7%) were the predominant STs followed by ST1 (21.4%). Conclusion: We observed no difference between study groups in terms of Blastocystis prevalence. ST1, ST2 and ST3 subtypes were detected. Blastocystis prevalence and STs were not related to any of the demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological factors.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Blastocystis | Celiac disease | Children | Functional abdominal pain | Gastroenterology