ArticleTropical parasitology
Parasitic causes of persistent/chronic diarrhea in adults attending the tertiary care hospital, North India.
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Background: Chronic/persistent diarrhea due to parasites is emerging. However, majority of the studies document the causes of acute diarrhea. This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of intestinal parasites in persistent/chronic diarrhea. Materials and Methods: A single diarrheal stool sample from adults with diarrhea >2 weeks were collected for wet mount examination. Patients with prior intake of antiparasitic agents, with cytomegalovirus (CMV), fungal, and bacterial causes of diarrhea, and those with multiple comorbidities were excluded. Modified acid-fast staining was performed for oocysts. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for CMV was performed to exclude CMV diarrhea. PCR for Results: A total of 204 cases of chronic/persistent diarrhea, 115 (56.4%) males and 89 (43.6%) females with a mean age of 38.93 ± 16.0 years were studied. Majority (134, 65.7%) had diarrhea with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ( Conclusions: The study revealed 10.7% (
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