Diarrhea associated with Cyanobacterialike bodies in an immunocompetent host. An unusual epidemiological source.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient who developed diarrhea secondary to Cyanobacterialike bodies (CLBs) after exposure to contaminated water in his home.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
General community.


METHODS
Healthy, elderly man.


METHODS
None, self-limited illness.


RESULTS
The patient's clinical course was consistent with illness caused by CLBs. Cyanobacterialike bodies were recovered from the patient's stool sample and the contaminated water to which he was exposed.


CONCLUSIONS
Internists and laboratory technicians should be aware of CLBs as a cause of protracted diarrhea in the community.
Hale
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Aldeen
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Carroll
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D000368:Aged; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D012722:Sewage
D012722:Sewage