title: Microsporidia infection in a mexican kidney transplant recipient.
abstract: Microorganisms of the microsporidia group are obligated intracellular protozoa that belong to the phylum Microspora; currently they are considered to be related or belong to the fungi reign. It is considered an opportunistic infection in humans, and 14 species belonging to 8 different genera have been described. Immunocompromized patients such as those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), also HIV serum-negative asymptomatic patients, with poor hygienic conditions, and recipients of bone marrow or solid organ transplantation are susceptible to develop deinfection. Sixty transplanted patients with renal microsporidia infection have been reported worldwide. The aim of this paper is to inform about the 2nd case of kidney transplant and microsporidia infection documented in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital General Regional No. 6, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 89210 Madero, TAMPS, Mexico.
authors.forename: Oscar Xavier
authors.initials: OX
authors.lastname: Hernández-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Beneficencia Española, 89120 Tampico, TAMPS, Mexico.
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Torres
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", 14000 Mexico City, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ofelia Uribe-Uribe