Unusual pulmonary Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidiosis in an AIDS patient: case report and review

Mustapha Sodqi; Patricia Brazille; Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali; Muriel Cornet; Christophe Piketty; Laurence Weiss

Unusual pulmonary Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidiosis in an AIDS patient: case report and review

Scand J Infect Dis. 2004;36(3):230-1.

Authors

Mustapha Sodqi¹, Patricia Brazille, Gustavo Gonzalez-Canali, Muriel Cornet, Christophe Piketty, Laurence Weiss

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

PMID: 15119373

Abstract

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an agent of intestinal microsporidiosis leading to chronic diarrhoea in AIDS patients. Pulmonary involvement may occur but remains rare with only 4 cases reported in the literature. We report here the fifth case of pulmonary localization of E. bieneusi in a severe immunocompromized HIV-infected patient with intestinal and pulmonary symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / methods
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / etiology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Enterocytozoon / drug effects
Enterocytozoon / isolation & purification*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
Male
Microsporidiosis / diagnosis*
Microsporidiosis / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifungal Agents