Occurrence of blastocystis in patients with clostridioides difficile infection

Laura Vega; Giovanny Herrera; Marina Muñoz; Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo; Juan David Ramírez

doi:10.3390/pathogens9040283

Occurrence of blastocystis in patients with clostridioides difficile infection

Título traducido de la contribución: Aparición de blastocystis en pacientes con infección por clostridioides difficile

Laura Vega, Giovanny Herrera, Marina Muñoz, Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo, Juan David Ramírez

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Clostridiodes difficile constituye una amenaza para la salud pública que ha sido poco estudiada en Colombia. Las cepas hipervirulentas de C. difficile albergan múltiples toxinas, pueden diseminarse fácilmente y pueden provocar la aparición de la enfermedad dentro de los centros sanitarios (HCFO) y la comunidad (CO). Los estudios han demostrado que una microbiota alterada (por ejemplo, disbiosis) puede permitir la infección por C. difficile (CDI). Se ha sugerido que la disbiosis impide la colonización por el eucariota anaerobio Blastocystis, posiblemente debido a un aumento de la tensión luminal de oxígeno. Ningún estudio ha encontrado la co-ocurrencia de CDI y Blastocystis. Por lo tanto, nos propusimos determinar las frecuencias de infección/colonización por C. difficile y Blastocystis en 220 muestras fecales diarreicas. Se realizó la detección molecular por PCR de ambos microorganismos, con análisis descriptivos de cuatro variables (detección de CDI, determinación de perfiles toxigénicos de C. difficile, detección de Blastocystis y lugar de inicio del paciente). Demostramos una asociación significativa entre la presencia de Blastocystis y CDI, con coinfección encontrada en 61 pacientes, y mostramos una alta frecuencia de CDI entre los grupos de HCFO y CO. Nuestros resultados de las frecuencias de coinfección podrían apoyar las hipótesis que sugieren que Blastocystis puede adaptarse a la disbiosis y al estrés oxidativo. Además, la presencia de C. difficile toxigénico fuera de las instalaciones sanitarias que se muestra aquí hace saltar la alarma sobre la propagación en la comunidad.

Título traducido de la contribución	Aparición de blastocystis en pacientes con infección por clostridioides difficile
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de artículo	283
Número de páginas	8
Publicación	Pathogens
Volumen	9
N.º	4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9040283
Estado	Publicada - abr. 2020

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Inmulogía y alergología
Biología molecular
Inmunología y Microbiología General
Microbiología (médica)
Enfermedades infecciosas

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