Reviewer's report
Title:Intestinal Capillariasis in the 21st Century: Clinical Presentations and Role
of Endoscopy and Imaging
Version:2Date:26 September 2014
Reviewer: Raymond Tang
Reviewer's report:
The authors reported a case series of 26 patients with Intestinal Capillariasis,
describing the utility of capsule endoscopy, push enteroscopy, balloon assisted
enteroscopy, or CT in improving the diagnosis, in addition to the traditional stool
tests for parasites or ova.
Suggested Discretionary Revisions:
1) If possible, please describe the volumn of diarrhea common seen in this cohort
of patients
2) Because some of the reported endoscopic modalities (eg, balloon assisted
enteroscopy) would require specialized training and the required equipment may
not be widely available in the affected rural areas, it would be helpful if the
authors can propose an algorithm in the choice of these investigations in addition
to the traditional stool tests to allow doctors to understand when a patient should
be referred for further investigations.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Intestinal Capillariasis in the 21st Century: Clinical Presentations and Role
of Endoscopy and Imaging
Version:2Date:26 September 2014
Reviewer: Raymond Tang
Reviewer's report:
The authors reported a case series of 26 patients with Intestinal Capillariasis,
describing the utility of capsule endoscopy, push enteroscopy, balloon assisted
enteroscopy, or CT in improving the diagnosis, in addition to the traditional stool
tests for parasites or ova.
Suggested Discretionary Revisions:
1) If possible, please describe the volumn of diarrhea common seen in this cohort
of patients
2) Because some of the reported endoscopic modalities (eg, balloon assisted
enteroscopy) would require specialized training and the required equipment may
not be widely available in the affected rural areas, it would be helpful if the
authors can propose an algorithm in the choice of these investigations in addition
to the traditional stool tests to allow doctors to understand when a patient should
be referred for further investigations.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Intestinal Capillariasis in the 21st Century: Clinical Presentations and Role
of Endoscopy and Imaging
Version:2Date:26 September 2014
Reviewer: Raymond Tang
Reviewer's report:
The authors reported a case series of 26 patients with Intestinal Capillariasis,
describing the utility of capsule endoscopy, push enteroscopy, balloon assisted
enteroscopy, or CT in improving the diagnosis, in addition to the traditional stool
tests for parasites or ova.
Suggested Discretionary Revisions:
1) If possible, please describe the volumn of diarrhea common seen in this cohort
of patients
2) Because some of the reported endoscopic modalities (eg, balloon assisted
enteroscopy) would require specialized training and the required equipment may
not be widely available in the affected rural areas, it would be helpful if the
authors can propose an algorithm in the choice of these investigations in addition
to the traditional stool tests to allow doctors to understand when a patient should
be referred for further investigations.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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