title: Microsporidiosis: human diseases and diagnosis.
abstract: Microsporidia are considered opportunistic pathogens in humans because they are most likely to cause diseases if the immune status of a host is such that the infection cannot be controlled. A wide spectrum of diseases has been reported among persons infected with microsporidia and different diagnostic techniques have been developed during the last decade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Joseph Stelzmann Str. 9, 50924, Cologne, Germany. Caspar.Franzen@Uni-Koeln.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016816:Microsporida / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*