Cyclospora cayetanensis: this emerging protozoan pathogen in Mexico.

Autor: Sánchez-Vega JT; 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., Cabrera-Fuentes HA, Romero-Olmedo AJ, Ortiz-Frías JL, Sokolina F, Barreto G
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2014 Feb; Vol. 90 (2), pp. 351-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 30.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0782
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE