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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Parasitology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Parasitology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-7020</Issn>
      <Volume>17</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">A Schistosoma Colitis Case Misdiagnosed as Ulcerative Colitis in a Non-Endemic Area: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>431</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>435</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>&#xC7;a&#x11F;atay</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ak</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gastroenterology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>S&#xFC;leyman</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sayar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gastroenterology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ebru</FirstName>
        <LastName>Tar&#x131;k&#xE7;&#x131; K&#x131;l&#x131;&#xE7;</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>31</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The differential diagnosis of bloody diarrhea is necessary to specify etiology and plan treatment. Misdiagnosis can lead to catastrophic results with the treatments to be given.&#xA0; In this case report, we present a case of schistosomal colitis mimicking ulcerative colitis in a 26-year-old Guinean male patient diagnosed in 2021.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/3496</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/3496/1241</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
