Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) represent a spectrum of impaired immunity with effects on cellular immunity, soluble immune factors, and inflammation. As a result, infections due to impaired immune system responses are responsible for significant morbidity in patients...
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| description | Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) represent a spectrum of impaired immunity with effects on cellular immunity, soluble immune factors, and inflammation. As a result, infections due to impaired immune system responses are responsible for significant morbidity in patients with kidney disease. Because of immune dysfunction in CKD, these patients have reduced probability to clear infections and are susceptible to pathogenic effects of common organisms. We present a case of a patient with CKD coinfected with Schistosoma mansoni and Blastocystis spp. This appears to be the first reported association of Schistosoma mansoni and Blastocystis spp. in a patient with CKD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f083ba27d60040c0a0c28b8b798af3e22025-02-03T01:20:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352014-01-01201410.1155/2014/676395676395Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney DiseaseColin R. Young0Fred E. Yeo1Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Medical Corps, United States Navy, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889, USANaval Health Clinic New England, Clinic Groton Branch, 1 Wahoo Drive, Groton, CT 06349, USAChronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) represent a spectrum of impaired immunity with effects on cellular immunity, soluble immune factors, and inflammation. As a result, infections due to impaired immune system responses are responsible for significant morbidity in patients with kidney disease. Because of immune dysfunction in CKD, these patients have reduced probability to clear infections and are susceptible to pathogenic effects of common organisms. We present a case of a patient with CKD coinfected with Schistosoma mansoni and Blastocystis spp. This appears to be the first reported association of Schistosoma mansoni and Blastocystis spp. in a patient with CKD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/676395 |
| spellingShingle | Colin R. Young Fred E. Yeo Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_full | Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_fullStr | Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_short | Blastocystis and Schistosomiasis Coinfection in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_sort | blastocystis and schistosomiasis coinfection in a patient with chronic kidney disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/676395 |
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