title: Blastocystis hominis and recurrent megacolon: a causative or fortuitous association?
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Pier Federico
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Virgilio
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bocchetti
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pascarella
authors.forename: Genoveffa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balducci
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008531:Megacolon / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D012008:Recurrence