title: Cyclospora cayetanensis, Opportunistic Protozoan Parasite, in Van Province, Turkey: A Report of Seven Cases.
abstract: The aim of this study is to report seven Cyclospora cayetanensis (C.cayetanensis) cases determined in Yuzuncu Yil University Medical Faculty Parasitology Laboratory, Van province, Turkey. In the study native-Lugol, formalin-ethyl acetate and modified acid-fast staining methods were performed to stool samples of the patients sent from outpatient clinics of the hospital. All of the patients infected with C. cayetanensis were older than 15 years. In our cases there were not a history of international travel. Only one of our seven cases was immunosuppressed. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (160/800 mg) was administered for the treatment of the patient. In conclusion, it was understood that the physicians should consider cyclosporiosis in the patients with diarrhea and abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye. ztas72@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Taş Cengiz
authors.forename: Yunus Emre
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Beyhan
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D021744:Cyclospora / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014195:Travel; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination