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Case series of intestinal microsporidiosis in non-HIV patients caused by Encephalitozoon hellem [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
Intestinal microsporidiosis is most often caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and to a lesser extent by species of the genus Encephalitozoon. Until now, Encephalitozoon hellem was not clearly known to induce disease restricted to the intestine, or rarely ...
Céline Nourrisson, Samia Hamane, Julie Bonhomme, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Jean-Baptiste Foulquier, Sophie Lesthelle, Maxime Moniot, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Philippe Poirier   +8 more
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Evaluation of the Bio-Evolution Microsporidia generic and typing real-time PCR assays for the diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis [PDF]

Parasite, 2022
Cases of intestinal microsporidiosis infection are underestimated and affect both immunocompromized and immunocompetent patients. Real-time PCR is superseding microscopic examination for its diagnosis in medical analysis laboratories.
Moniot Maxime, Nourrisson Céline, Bonnin Virginie, Damiani Céline, Argy Nicolas, Bonhomme Julie, Fréalle Emilie, Angebault Cécile, Debourgogne Anne, Sitterlé Emilie, Flori Pierre, Brunet Julie, Dalle Frédéric, Favennec Loïc, Poirier Philippe   +14 more
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Clinical Spectrum of Corneal Epithelial Microsporidiosis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
This case series aims to highlight three different clinical variants of microbiologically proven epithelial microsporidiosis, and their customised management wherein the current series, patients with suspected epithelial microsporidiosis were subjected ...
Prabhakar Singh, Abhishek Gupta, Richa Gupta   +2 more
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Microsporidiosis and Malnutrition in Children with Persistent Diarrhea, Uganda [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
We show that the microsporidian fungus Enterocytozoon bieneusi is associated with lower rates of weight gain in children in Uganda with persistent diarrhea. This relationship remained after controlling for HIV and concurrent cryptosporidiosis.
Siobhan M. Mor, James K. Tumwine, Elena N. Naumova, Grace Ndeezi, Saul Tzipori   +4 more
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Cutaneous microsporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient [PDF]

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2020
AbstractMicrosporidia are a group of obligate intracellular parasites that naturally infect domestic and wild animals. Human microsporidiosis is an increasingly recognized multisystem opportunistic infection. The clinical manifestations are diverse with diarrhea being the most common presenting symptom.
Daniel A. Nadelman, Ashley R. Bradt, Yvonne Qvarnström, Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Sherif R. Zaki, Frank Wang, Emily H. Smith, Douglas R. Fullen   +7 more
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Microsporidiosis [PDF]

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2011
The class or order Microsporidia was elevated in to the phylum Microspora by Sprague and Vavra (1997) and Sprague and Becnel (1998) subsequently suggested that the term Microsporidia instead be used for the phylum name. Miicrosporidia, i.e. Nosema bombycis, were first described about 150 years ago as the cause of the disease pebrine in silkworms.
Elizabeth S. Didier, Louis M. Weiss
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Fumagillin Shortage: How to Treat Enterocytozoon bieneusi Microsporidiosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in 2024? [PDF]

Transplant International
Intestinal microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an opportunistic infection that especially affects solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients.
Cyril Garrouste, Philippe Poirier, Philippe Poirier, Charlotte Uro-Coste, Xavier Iriart, Nassim Kamar, Julie Bonhomme, Eve Calvar, Solène Le Gal, Luca Lanfranco, Brice Autier, Lucien Rakoff, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Clément Danthu, Florent Morio, Clément Deltombe, Alicia Moreno-Sabater, Nacera Ouali, Damien Costa, Dominique Bertrand, Adélaïde Chesnay, Philippe Gatault, Meja Rabodonirina, Emmanuel Morelon, Jérôme Dumortier, Emilie Sitterlé, Anne Scemla, Samia Hamane, Laurène Cachera, Céline Damiani, Coralie Poulain, Coralie L’Ollivier, Valérie Moal, Laurence Delhaes, Hannah Kaminski, Estelle Cateau, Laure Ecotière, Julie Brunet, Sophie Caillard, Stéphane Valot, Claire Tinel, Nicolas Argy, Quentin Raimbourg, Marie Gladys Robert, Johan Noble, Aude Boignard, Françoise Botterel, Marie Matignon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Thomas Crépin, Jordan Leroy, Arnaud Lionet, Anne Debourgogne, Muriel Nicolas, Joëlle Claudéon, Maxime Moniot, Maxime Moniot, Céline Lambert, Céline Nourrisson, Céline Nourrisson   +59 more
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Monitoring the Season–Prevalence Relationship of Vairimorpha ceranae in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) over One Year and the Primary Assessment of Probiotic Treatment in Taichung, Taiwan [PDF]

Insects
Microsporidiosis, which is caused by the pathogen Vairimorpha ceranae, is a prevalent disease in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and might lead to significant adult honey bee mortality. In this study, we conducted an annual survey of the mature spore load
Yi-Hsuan Li, Yu-Hsin Chen, Fang-Min Chang, Ming-Cheng Wu, Yu-Shin Nai   +4 more
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Intestinal microsporidiosis: a hidden risk in rheumatic disease patients undergoing anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy combined with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs? [PDF]

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: Immunosuppressed patients are at risk of microsporidiosis, and this parasitosis has an increased rate of dissemination in this population.
Nadia Emi Aikawa, Aline de Oliveira Twardowsky, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Clovis A. Silva, Ivan Leonardo Avelino França e Silva, Ana Cristina de Medeiros Ribeiro, Carla Goncalves Schain Saad, Julio César Bertacini Moraes, Roberto Acayaba de Toledo, Eloísa Bonfá   +9 more
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Cryptosporidiosis and Microsporidiosis [PDF]

, 2000
Cryptosporidiosis: the biology of cryptosporidium, Tzipori, S. and Widmer, G. laboratory diagnosis of Cryptosporidium parvum infection, Petry, F. clinical aspects of human Cryptosporidiosis - Farthing, M.J.G. host immune responses against Cryptosporidium, McDonald, V. and Smith, R.

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