| predominance of amoeboid forms of blastocystis hominis in isolates from symptomatic patients. | blastocystis hominis is one of the most common human parasites that inhabit the intestinal tract. conflicting reports continue to exist regarding the existence and the functional role of the amoeboid forms in the life cycle of the parasite. the present study investigates the presence of these forms in 20 isolates obtained from ten symptomatic and asymptomatic patients respectively. a total of 10,000 parasite cells per ml from each isolate were inoculated into three culture tubes each containing ... | 2006 | 16323025 |
| [vitro culture of blastocystis hominis in medium dmem]. | to establish the vitro culture of blastocystis hominis (b. h) in medium dmem for the further research on diagnosis, life cycle and pathogenicity of this intestinal protoza. | 2006 | 17290756 |
| axenic culture of reptilian blastocystis isolates in monophasic medium and speciation by karyotypic typing. | the growth of axenic reptilian isolates of blastocystis in iscove's modified dulbecco's medium (imdm) was studied and the morphology of the parasite was examined by phase-contrast microscopy. the chromosomal patterns of these reptilian isolates of blastocystis were examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) and compared with those of b. hominis and b. lapemi, a sea snake blastocystis. imdm with 10% horse serum supported excellent growth of the reptilian blastocystis isolates. the parasi ... | 1996 | 8825212 |
| varying incidence of blastocystis hominis in cultures from faeces of patients with diarrhoea and from healthy persons. | a study was performed on the frequency of blastocystis hominis in the faeces from 100 patients suffering from diarrhoea and from 100 healthy persons. surprisingly, an increased detection rate was observed in samples from healthy persons after anaerobic cultivation. this increased frequency is obviously not dependent on the kind of serum used as a culture supplement and raises the question whether the protozoa morphologically described as b. hominis represent a homogenous species. when rabbit and ... | 1992 | 1520961 |