title: Diarrhea associated with Cyanobacterialike bodies in an immunocompetent host. An unusual epidemiological source.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aldeen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage