Chronic diarrhea caused by Blastocystis hominis and Cryptosporidium sp. in immunocompetent patient-a case report

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Andriyani, Y.^1,2 ; Rozi, M.F.^2 ; Saragih, R.H.^2,3 ; Darlan, D.M.^1,2

Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^2

Division of Tropical and Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^3

关键词: Case reports;    Clinical manifestation;    Cryptosporidium;    General hospitals;    Loperamide;    Parasitic drugs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012079/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012079

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Blastocystis hominis and Cryptosporidium sp. are commonly associated with immunocompromised patients. Severe clinical manifestation can be produced by this organism. It varies according to immune status, and subtype of this organism. Unfortunately, we found an immunocompetent patient with chronic diarrhea caused by this organism. A 38- year old male was admitted to Adam Malik General Hospital because of watery diarrhea since four days ago. Administration of fluid replacement was done to this patient, but the frequency of diarrhea did not decrease. Loperamide as anti-spasmodic was also given in each episode of diarrhea. Surprisingly, fecal smear examination revealed that this patient positive for Blastocystis hominis and Cryptosporidium sp. Thus, diarrhea was resolved for four days without giving any anti-parasitic drugs to the patient.