Diarrhea due to Cyclospora-like organism in an immunocompetent patient
| Autor: | Patricia Torres, Mairelina Marín-Leonett, Ynes R. Ortega, Lourdes Figuera, Linda Genzlinger, Carmen Guzmán, Anaibeth Nessi, Geraldine Saavedra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Diarrhea medicine.medical_specialty Genotype Microbiology Cyclospora cayetanensis Virology Epidemiology medicine Humans Cyclosporiasis Organism biology business.industry Public health Oocysts General Medicine biology.organism_classification Cyclospora Infectious Diseases Immunology Female Parasitology Immunocompetence medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 1:345-347 |
| ISSN: | 1972-2680 2036-6590 |
| DOI: | 10.3855/jidc.377 |
| Popis: | Cyclospora cayetanensis infection continues to be a major cause of diarrhea particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The emergence of new related parasite pathogens, is an issue of public health concern. We report here a case where a Cyclosporalike organism was the cause of diarrhea in an immunocompetent patient from Venezuela. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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