Blastocystis hominis infection in a post-cardiotomy patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: A case report and literature review

✍ Scribed by Chen, Chih-Hsuan; Sun, Hsin-Yun; Chien, Hsiung-Fei; Lai, Hong-Shiee; Chou, Nai-Kuan

• Book ID: 127174559
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 274 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2210-2612
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.07.010

✦ Synopsis

Highlights

•The opportunistic pathogen, B. hominis, can cause severe infection in patients on ECMO support.

•Administration of metronidazole in the patients on ECMO support with gastrointestinal symptoms.

__•__Prophylactic administration of metronidazole in the patients on ECMO support, which live in the region with a high prevalence of B. hominis.