Disseminated microsporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient.
We report a case of disseminated microsporidiosis in a patient with multiple myeloma who had received an allogeneic stem cell transplant requiring substantial immunosuppression. The causative organism was identified as Tubulinosema acridophagus, confirming this genus of microsporidia as a novel human pathogen.
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. eric.meissner@nih.gov
Eric G
EG
Meissner
John E
JE
Bennett
Yvonne
Y
Qvarnstrom
Alexandre
A
da Silva
Emily Y
EY
Chu
Maria
M
Tsokos
Juan
J
Gea-Banacloche
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*