Department of Medicine, Køge Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, Køge, Denmark.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Dec;87(6):1046-52. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0761. Epub 2012 Oct 22.
The role of Dientamoeba fragilis in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is incompletely known. We aimed to investigate whether eradication of D. fragilis alleviates symptoms in IBS. Twenty-five D. fragilis-positive IBS patients were treated with Metronidazole (MZ) or Tetracycline. The patients were mostly female (89%), and mean age (SD) was 35.1 (8.2) years. Microbiological response, evaluated 2 weeks post-treatment, was observed in 15 of 25 patients (60%), all by MZ. Clinical response, defined as adequate relief of symptoms, was observed in 7 of 22 patients (32%), all by MZ. In a logistic regression analysis, we found no significant association between clinical and microbiological response. This case study did not support our hypothesis of a simple association between D. fragilis and IBS. Some D. fragilis-infections were insufficiently treated by MZ. Further studies into the prevalence and effect of eradication of D. fragilis in IBS and into efficient treatments of D. fragilis are warranted.
脆弱双核阿米巴(Dientamoeba fragilis)在肠易激综合征(IBS)中的作用尚不完全清楚。我们旨在研究是否消除脆弱双核阿米巴能缓解 IBS 的症状。25 例脆弱双核阿米巴阳性的 IBS 患者接受甲硝唑(MZ)或四环素治疗。这些患者大多为女性(89%),平均年龄(标准差)为 35.1(8.2)岁。25 例患者中有 15 例(60%)在治疗后 2 周进行了微生物学反应评估,均为 MZ 治疗。22 例患者中有 7 例(32%)定义为症状得到充分缓解的临床反应,均为 MZ 治疗。在逻辑回归分析中,我们未发现微生物学和临床反应之间存在显著关联。这项病例研究不支持我们关于脆弱双核阿米巴与 IBS 之间存在简单关联的假设。一些脆弱双核阿米巴感染用 MZ 治疗不够充分。需要进一步研究脆弱双核阿米巴在 IBS 中的流行程度和消除效果,以及有效治疗脆弱双核阿米巴的方法。