Terapevticheskii arkhivTerapevticheskii arkhiv0040-36602309-5342LLC Obyedinennaya Redaktsiya5694310.26442/00403660.2020.11.000816Research ArticleCurrent view on Blastocystis species: clinical forms, diagnosis and treatmentMaleevV. V.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-178XTokmalaevA. K.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7046-0799KozhevnikovaG. M.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-9313TsvetkovaN. A.konnov-vv@rudn.ruPolovinkinaN. A.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-4139GolubV. P.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-6368MaksimovaM. S.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9182-5184BaryshevaI. V.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3543-9086KonnovV. V.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-4139KharlamovaT. V.konnov-vv@rudn.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-4139Central Research Institute of EpidemiologyPeople’s Friendship University of RussiaInfectious Diseases Clinical Hospital №2Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)15112020921186902612202026122020Copyright © 2020, Consilium Medicum2020<p>The symptomatic form of <em>Blastocystis</em> spp. infection not only with mild diarrhea or dysentery-like syndrome, but also with the development of severe ulcerative necrotic lesions of the intestine. Meanwhile, the pathogenicity of these microorganisms should not be exaggerated, due to majority asymptomatic cases or infection transmission with minor impaired bowel function.</p>Blastocystis spp.diarrheaulcerative necrotic lesions of the intestineperforationdiagnosis and treatmentинфекциявызванная Blastocystis spp.диареяязвенно-некротическое поражение кишечникаперфоративный колитдиагностикалечение[Parkar U, et al. 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