Simultaneous infection with two types of intestinal microsporidia in a patient with AIDS.

Blanshard, C; Hollister, W S; Peacock, Christopher; Tovey, D G; Ellis, D. S.; Canning, Elizabeth U.; Gazzard, Brian

doi:10.1136/gut.33.3.418

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“…Therefore, the prevalences of E. bieneusi and E. intestinalis in HIV-infected patients in Niger and Vietnam are in line with the levels recorded in European countries before the introduction of antiretroviral therapies (2,3,27). Our findings are in agreement with previous studies reporting similar prevalences among HIV-infected patients in African and Asian countries (9,15,20,24,30).…”

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Molecular Study of Microsporidiosis Due toEnterocytozoon bieneusiandEncephalitozoon intestinalisamong Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients from Two Geographical Areas: Niamey, Niger, and Hanoi, Vietnam

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Microsporidiosis cases due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis are emerging opportunistic infections associated with a wide range of clinical syndromes in humans. The aim of this study was to specify microsporidial epidemiology in two different geographical areas. From November 2004 to August 2005, 228 and 42 stool samples were collected in Niamey, Niger, and Hanoi, Vietnam, respectively. Screening for microsporidia was performed using UV-light microscopy. Detection was confirmed by molecular biology using two methods specific for E. bieneusi and E. intestinalis. All samples positive for E. bieneusi were subjected to genotyping. In this study, we found high prevalences of microsporidiosis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, 10.5% and 9.5%, respectively, in Niamey and Hanoi. These levels of prevalence are similar to those recorded in European countries before highly active antiretroviral therapy was introduced. In the samples positive for E. bieneusi, we found seven distinct genotypes, including two genotypes not previously described. The E. bieneusi genotype distributions in the two geographical areas suggest different routes of infection transmission, person-to-person in Niger and zoonotic in Vietnam.

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“…ϩ T-cell counts below 100 cells per mm 3 . Since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), opportunistic infections such as microsporidiosis have substantially decreased in Europe (10).…”

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Molecular Study of Microsporidiosis Due toEnterocytozoon bieneusiandEncephalitozoon intestinalisamong Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients from Two Geographical Areas: Niamey, Niger, and Hanoi, Vietnam

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“…The only other case of a dual microsporidial infection was reported to be caused by E. bieneusi and a larger (about 2.5 µm), but not identified microsporidial species [10].…”

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Dual Microsporidial Infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an HIV-Postive Patient

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This report describes the first dual microsporidial infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an HIV-positive patient. In view of clinical and epidemiological findings, our E. cuniculi isolate was deduced to be of the dog strain. The patient's occupational involvement with dogs indicates that canines should be considered as a reservoir of human infections for both microsporidial species. Furthermore, our report provides detailed clinical and radiological information on a rare case of a symptomatic pulmonary infection by E. cuniculi and its improvement after treatment with albendazole.

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“…Most infections either occur or become clinically signi®cant when the CD4 lymphocyte count falls below 100 3 10 6 =L [28]. A second enteric species, Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis, was described in 1993 [29] and dual infections involving both these species have been reported [30]. Ent.…”

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Simultaneous infection with two types of intestinal microsporidia in a patient with AIDS.

Abstract: We report the first case of a non-Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidial infection in the small intestine of a European AIDS patient with diarrhoea. It

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Molecular Study of Microsporidiosis Due toEnterocytozoon bieneusiandEncephalitozoon intestinalisamong Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients from Two Geographical Areas: Niamey, Niger, and Hanoi, Vietnam

Molecular Study of Microsporidiosis Due toEnterocytozoon bieneusiandEncephalitozoon intestinalisamong Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients from Two Geographical Areas: Niamey, Niger, and Hanoi, Vietnam

Dual Microsporidial Infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an HIV-Postive Patient

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