An Unusual Case of Extra-Enteric Blastocystosis in the Uterine Cervix
10.3347/kjp.2020.58.5.571
- Author:
Yolanda ESCUTIA-GUZMAN
1
;
Williams Arony MARTINEZ-FLORES
;
Joel MARTINEZ-OCAÑA
;
Ramon MARTINEZ-PIMENTEL
;
Marisol BENITEZ-RAMIREZ
;
Fernando MARTINEZ-HERNANDEZ
;
Sara ARROYO-ESCALANTE
;
Mirza ROMERO-VALDOVINOS
;
Guadalupe Erendira OROZCO-MOSQUEDA
;
Pablo MARAVILLA
Author Information
1. Coordinacion de Cancer Cervicouterino, Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Publica, Morelia 58270, Michoacan, Mexico
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2020;58(5):571-576
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Extra-enteric infections by Blastocystis spp. have rarely been documented. Here, we report a case of extra-enteric blastocystosis in a patient with minimal cervicitis symptoms. A 47-year-old Hispanic female patient was attended in a primary health centre in Michoacan state, Mexico, for her routine gynaecological medical examination. As only symptom, she referred to a slight vaginal itching. The presence of several vacuolar-stages of Blastocystis spp. were identified by Papanicolaou staining; molecular identification was attempted by culture-PCR sequencing of a region of 18S gene from cervical and faecal samples obtained 2 months after cytological examination, even when patient declared that she tried self-medicating with vaginal ovules. Blastocystis ST1 was identified only in the faecal sample. The presence of Blastocystis spp. in the cervix of a patient with scarce symptomatology, demonstrates the extraordinary flexibility of this microorganism to adapt to new environments and niches.
