Biography
Nora B Molina is a Specialist in Microbiology and MSc in Clinical Laboratory (UNLP, 2009). Currently she is pursuing PhD in Biomedical Sciences. She has been serving as an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer of international scientific journals. She has participated in several research projects on parasitology and has published original articles, short communications and book chapters.\r\n\r\n
Abstract
Blastocystis is considered an emerging parasite with a worldwide distribution. In Argentina, scientific research on this protist has been conducted in spatially limited areas, showing heterogeneity in geographic and population distribution. These publications are scattered among numerous sources of information, making their access and visibility to the scientific community harder. The aim of this study was to realize a review of scientific publications about prevalence of Blastocystis in humans of Argentina between 1995 and 2014. The study was conducted from a quantitative methodology perspective with application of a non-experimental, exploratory, retrospective, cross-sectional design analysis of the information. Electronic databases, virtual libraries and regional and institutional repositories were included (Cochrane, MEDLINE/PubMed, LILACS, SciELO, BIREME, REDALyC, DOAJ, SEDICI, PAHO). Manual search was done in printed journals. In total, 91 papers were obtained, which correspond to 140 data on Blastocystis. These publications surveyed 90831 humans during last 20 years. According to published works, the overall prevalence of Blastocystis in humans was 34.7% with a heterogeneous distribution across the country. In the last decade (2005-2014), the lowest rate of infection of parasite was 28.3% in western region and the highest value was 45.1% in the northeastern of Argentina. The accumulated evidence in recent years has highlighted the importance of Blastocystis on human health. This parasite has been frequently detected in the population of Argentina with elevated prevalence rates in all regions of the country.
Biography
Ranjit Sah is a MD Resident at Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal. He has been undergoing researches regarding various clinical cases during his study period. He has published article in JIOM with title “Identification of Taenia in a 6 year old childâ€.
Abstract
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by infection of trematodes belonging to the genus Fasciola (F. hepatica and F. gigantica). Patient may be asymptomatic or present with gastrointestinal symptoms, chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis and liver abscesses which may be accompanied by biliary colic, epigastric pain, jaundice (obstructive jaundice), pruritus and upper right quadrant pain.\r\nWe are reporting a first case of Fasciola gigantica from Nepal causing fascioliasis in a 22 year old male who was referred to surgery department of TUTH, Kathmandu, Nepal from a peripheral Hospital of Eastern Nepal for the evaluation of right upper abdominal pain with radiological investigation suggestive of sludge/ parasitic membrane within the common bile duct. Patient had history of consumption of water-cress and had hyper-eosinophilia on peripheral blood smear examination. ERCP showed the presence of a flat worm resembling Fasciola species and stool examination along with measurement of the detected ova revealed ova of Fasciola gigantica. Patient was treated with standard course of Nitazoxanide (500mg BID for 7 days) and follow up stool examination after 2 weeks revealed no ova of Fasciola gigantica. \r\n So patient with symptoms of obstructive jaundice, eosinophilia and history of water-cress consumption should be suspected for fascioliasis and investigated and treated accordingly. \r\n