INTRODUCTION

Dientamoeba fragilis is a single celled parasite, despite its name Dientamoeba fragilis its not an amoeba but flagellate found in the gastrointestinal tract of some humans, pigs and gorillas. In some people it causes gastrointestinal upset while in others it does not(1) It is an important cause of traveler’s diarrhea, chronic diarrhea, abdominal cramping and loss of appetite.

(1) Windsor JJ, Macfarlane L (May 2005). “Irritable bowel syndrome: the need to exclude Dientamoeba fragilis”. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 72 (5): 501; author reply 501–2. PMID 15891119. http://www.ajtmh.org/content/72/5/501.1.long

J.J. Verweij et al., Real-time PCR for the detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in fecal samples, Molecular and Cellular Probes 21 (2007), p. 400-404

VALIDATION

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