title: [The case of Henoch-Schönlein Purpura associated with Blastocystis hominis].
abstract: Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) is a parasite that often causes gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with immune deficiency and has a controversial pathogenicity in healthy people, although some symptoms are reported outside of the gastrointestinal system in healthy persons. Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) vasculitis is an acute autoimmune disease characterised by IgA storage of small vessels that is believed to include infectious factors in its aetiology. A 30-month follow-up with a boy diagnosed with HSP being treated with steroid therapy showed that he had recurrent symptoms within two days, and B. hominis was detected in the faecal analysis. His symptoms including rash, abdominal pain, and arthritis improved after treatment with steroid and co-trimaksazol. This paper is the first to present a case of HSP associated with B. hominis.
authors: Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tayfur Ata Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Hatay, Turkey. drtutanc@hotmail.com
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Tutanç
authors: Ibrahim
authors: I
authors: Silfeler
authors: Tümay
authors: T
authors: Ozgür
authors: Vicdan Köksaldı
authors: VK
authors: Motor
authors: Ahmet Ibrahim
authors: AI
authors: Kurtoğlu
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male