title: Use of albendazole for disseminated microsporidian infection in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: Disseminated microsporidian infection in patients with AIDS has been recently reported and is associated with the genus Encephalitozoon and the newly described genus Septata. We report a case of symptomatic, disseminated intestinal, urinary, nasal, and ocular microsporidian infection in a patient with AIDS. A dramatic response to therapy with albendazole was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Hematology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecuit
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oksenhendler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarfati
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015766:Albendazole