Disseminated infection with a new genovar of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in a renal transplant recipient.
Disseminated microsporidiosis is a life-threatening opportunistic infection. Here, we report about a previously undescribed genovar of Encephalitozoon cuniculi causing disseminated infection in a non-HIV-infected renal transplant recipient. Disseminated microsporidiosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic fever in renal allograft recipients, even those without urinary symptoms.
Talabani
Hana
H
Department of Parasitology-Mycology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France.
Sarfati
Claudine
C
Pillebout
Evangeline
E
van Gool
Tom
T
Derouin
Francis
F
Menotti
Jean
J
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001483:Base Sequence; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013170:Spores
D000935:Antifungal Agents
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