High association of Cryptosporidium spp. infection with colon adenocarcinoma in Lebanese patients.

Marwan OsmanSadia BenamrouzKarine GuyotMartha BaydounEmilie FrealleMagali ChabeNausicaa GantoisBaptiste DelaireAnne GoffardAlbert AounNawaf JurdiFouad DabboussiGael EvenChristian SlomiannyPierre GossetMonzer HamzeColette CreusyEric ViscogliosiGabriela Certad

Published in: PloS one (2017)

This is the first study performed in Lebanon reporting the prevalence of Cryptosporidium among patients with digestive cancer. These results show that Cryptosporidium is strongly associated with human colon cancer being maybe a potential etiological agent of this disease.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
endothelial cells
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
squamous cell carcinoma
risk factors
peritoneal dialysis
emergency department
radiation therapy
patient reported outcomes
induced pluripotent stem cells
climate change
lymph node metastasis