A urinary tract coinfection, caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype II and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype D, was identified in an HIV-seronegative renal transplant recipient kept under lifelong immunosuppression.
To our knowledge, this is the first report describing concurrent infection with these two microsporidia species in organ transplant recipients.
Written by:
Kicia M, Wesolowska M, Jakuszko K, Kopacz Z, Sak B, Květonova D, Krajewska M, Kváč M. Are you the author?
Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Reference: J Clin Microbiol. 2014 May;52(5):1780-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03328-13
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24523472
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