Intestinal microsporidiosis in a HIV-seronegative patient.
Microsporidial infections have been increasingly reported in immunocompromised patients, particularly those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but only rarely in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of intestinal microsporidiosis in a HIV-seronegative patient with acute self-limited diarrhoea. Examination of stool specimens revealed plenty of spores that correspond with Enterocytozoon bieneusi in size and shape as well as ultrastructural details.
Svenungsson
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Capraru
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Evengård
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B
Larsson
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R
Lebbad
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M
D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis*