Repeated findings of unidentified small Isospora-like coccidia in faecal specimens from travellers returning to The Netherlands.
Findings are described of small (8-10 microns) coccidian oocysts in the stools of 9 patients presenting with diarrhoea, all of whom with a history of travelling in South Asia and/or South America in the years 1986 and 1987. There was no indication of immunodeficiency. These oocysts, which were immature in freshly excreted stools, could be induced to sporulate into a two-sporocysts stage and are now recognized as Cyclospora spec.
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N.H. Swellengrebel Laboratory of Tropical Hygiene, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology*; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D013020:South America; D014195:Travel