Emerging infectious diseases, 2012-07, Vol.18 (7), p.1155-1158
2012
Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Disseminated microsporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient
- Ist Teil von
- Emerging infectious diseases, 2012-07, Vol.18 (7), p.1155-1158
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- 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.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1080-6040eISSN: 1080-6059DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.120047Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2508a78dac524988956fb6c4616b25fd
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Adult, allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Care and treatment, Case studies, Dispatch, disseminated microsporidiosis, Female, Fungi, Pathogenic, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, immunosuppressed, microsporidia, Microsporidia - classification, Microsporidia - genetics, Microsporidia - isolation & purification, Microsporidia - pathogenicity, Microsporidiosis - microbiology, multiple myeloma, Mycoses, parasites, Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects