title: Cyclospora cayetanensis: this emerging protozoan pathogen in Mexico.
abstract: A Mexican airline pilot had clinical manifestations of illness after a five-day stay in Lima, Peru. Six months later in Mexico, he was given a diagnosis of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis by using coproparasitoscopic serial tests. He was treated twice with nitazoxadine successfully.
authors.affiliation: Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Unidad Medica Familiar, Delegacion Sur, Unidad 21 Valle de Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, Russia; Biochemistry Institute, Medical School, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: José T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Vega
authors.forename: Héctor A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Cabrera-Fuentes
authors.forename: Addi J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Romero-Olmedo
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Frías
authors.forename: Flura
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sokolina
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barreto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021744:Cyclospora / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021866:Cyclosporiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010568:Peru; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole