Diarrhea due to Cyclospora-like organism in an immunocompetent patient.
Cyclospora cayetanensis infection continues to be a major cause of diarrhea particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The emergence of new related parasite pathogens, is an issue of public health concern. We report here a case where a Cyclospora-like organism was the cause of diarrhea in an immunocompetent patient from Venezuela.
Marín-Leonett
Mairelina
M
Laboratorio de Especialidades Parasitológicas, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela. mairelina_marin_leonett@yahoo.es
Figuera
Lourdes
L
Nessi
Anaibeth
A
Guzmán
Carmen
C
Torres
Patricia
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Genzlinger
Linda
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Saavedra
Geraldine
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Ortega
Ynés R
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D000328:Adult; D021744:Cyclospora / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D033661:Oocysts