SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

Blastocystis sp. is among the few enteric parasites with a prevalence that often exceeds 5%
in the general population of industrialized countries and can reach 30–60% in develo** …

To date, the majority of research into the human gut microbiota has focused on the bacterial
fraction of the community. Inevitably, this has resulted in a poor understanding of the …

Alterations in the composition of commensal bacterial populations, a phenomenon known as
dysbiosis, are linked to multiple gastrointestinal disorders, such as inflammatory bowel …

Blastocystis spp. are commonly reported intestinal protists but whose clinical significance
remains controversial. Infections have ranged from asymptomatic carriage to non-specific …

The human gut is a highly complex ecosystem with an extensive microbial community, and
the influence of the intestinal microbiota reaches the entire host organism. For example, the …

The unicellular protist Blastocystis has long been an unsolved puzzle for taxonomists,
microbiologists and clinicians. Over the years, the organism has been bounced on and off …

Background Increasing demand for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has created a
need for stool banks sourced from long-term healthy donors. Here, we describe our …

Blastocystis, a common single-celled intestinal parasite of humans and animals, continues
to puzzle clinical microbiologists, gastroenterologists, and general practitioners who are still …

Blastocystis is a unicellular, anaerobic protist which lives in the intestinal tract of diverse
animals, including humans. It was found that the host specificity and the pathogenic potential …