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Terminal ileitis associated with Blastocystis hominis infection
T K Tsang1, B S Levin, S R Morse
1Department of Internal Medicine, Evanston Hospital-Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, Illinois.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report on the previously unobserved clinical presentation of terminal ileitis secondary to Blastocystis hominis in a 37-yr-old white male. When the patient was treated with metronidazole, the symptoms improved and the radiographic abnormalities resolved. We believe that this is the first well-documented instance of terminal ileitis secondary to B. hominis.