A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica
Objective: To determine the prevalence of amoebiasis, which has been neglected in recent years according to the World Health Organization, in ulcerative colitis patients and investigate the relationship between amoebiasis and ulcerative colitis. Methods: The study included 150 individuals, includin...
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| author | Murat Soylu Abdurrahman Ekici Selahattin Aydemir Şehriban Yürektürk Önder Akkaş |
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| description | Objective: To determine the prevalence of amoebiasis, which has been neglected in recent years according to the World Health Organization, in ulcerative colitis patients and investigate the relationship between amoebiasis and ulcerative colitis.
Methods: The study included 150 individuals, including 100 ulcerative colitis patients and 50 healthy individuals without gastrointestinal complaints. The samples collected were first analyzed macroscopically and then using native-Lugol, trichrome staining, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Results: In the microscopic examination, Entamoeba spp. cysts were found in 22% of the ulcerative colitis patients and 2% of those in the control group. Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) adhesin antigen was detected by ELISA in 31% of the ulcerative colitis patients and 4% of those in the control group. A significant correlation was found between the incidence of E. histolytica and ulcerative colitis in the statistical evaluation.
Conclusion: E. histolytica should not be neglected in ulcerative colitis patients and should be investigated in the presence of diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and abdominal pain. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5fdc2a9e159b439a94b79338807733272025-01-23T08:06:20ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi1300-63202146-30772024-12-0148425125510.4274/tpd.galenos.2025.81894A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolyticaMurat Soylu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7496-0299Abdurrahman Ekici1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-513XSelahattin Aydemir2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0941-2779Şehriban Yürektürk3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4902-0689Önder Akkaş4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1238-9784Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, TürkiyeVan Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, TürkiyeVan Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, TürkiyeVan Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Van, TürkiyeErzincan Binali Yıldırım University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Erzincan, TürkiyeObjective: To determine the prevalence of amoebiasis, which has been neglected in recent years according to the World Health Organization, in ulcerative colitis patients and investigate the relationship between amoebiasis and ulcerative colitis. Methods: The study included 150 individuals, including 100 ulcerative colitis patients and 50 healthy individuals without gastrointestinal complaints. The samples collected were first analyzed macroscopically and then using native-Lugol, trichrome staining, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: In the microscopic examination, Entamoeba spp. cysts were found in 22% of the ulcerative colitis patients and 2% of those in the control group. Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) adhesin antigen was detected by ELISA in 31% of the ulcerative colitis patients and 4% of those in the control group. A significant correlation was found between the incidence of E. histolytica and ulcerative colitis in the statistical evaluation. Conclusion: E. histolytica should not be neglected in ulcerative colitis patients and should be investigated in the presence of diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and abdominal pain.https://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/articles/a-parasite-that-should-not-be-neglected-in-patients-with-ulcerative-colitis-lessemgreaterentamoeba-histolyticalessemgreater/doi/tpd.galenos.2025.81894amoebadysenterye. histolyticaulcerative colitis |
| spellingShingle | Murat Soylu Abdurrahman Ekici Selahattin Aydemir Şehriban Yürektürk Önder Akkaş A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi amoeba dysentery e. histolytica ulcerative colitis |
| title | A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica |
| title_full | A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica |
| title_fullStr | A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica |
| title_short | A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica |
| title_sort | parasite that should not be neglected in patients with ulcerative colitis entamoeba histolytica |
| topic | amoeba dysentery e. histolytica ulcerative colitis |
| url | https://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/articles/a-parasite-that-should-not-be-neglected-in-patients-with-ulcerative-colitis-lessemgreaterentamoeba-histolyticalessemgreater/doi/tpd.galenos.2025.81894 |
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