Cyclospora infection in five immunocompetent patients in a Turkish university hospital.
Infection with Cyclospora has been increasingly reported worldwide in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Here the cases of five patients infected with Cyclospora cayetanensis, who sought medical care at Hacettepe University in Turkey, are reported. Diarrhoea occurred from five to fifteen times a day in all of these patients, whose ages ranged from 27 to 67 years. All the patients were considered immunocompetent. Identification of C. cayetanensis was made by detection of the oocysts by using a modified acid-fast stain.
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, 06100, Turkey.
Banu
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Sancak
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, 06100, Turkey.
Yakut
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Akyon
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Microbiology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, 06100, Turkey.
Sibel
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Ergüven
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D021744:Cyclospora / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination