[Disseminated infestation of Enterocytozooon bieneusi a an HIV-infected patient]

C Rabaud; E Georges; J C Guedenet; E Allamagny; T May; P Canton

[Disseminated infestation of Enterocytozooon bieneusi a an HIV-infected patient]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 1999 May;47(5):576-8.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Rabaud¹, E Georges, J C Guedenet, E Allamagny, T May, P Canton

Affiliation

¹ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nancy, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France.

PMID: 10418045

Abstract

An HIV-positive patient developed disseminated Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection. The parasite was identified in stool, duodenal biopsy, nasal discharge, and sputum specimens using transmission electron microscopy. Albendazole therapy failed to improve the symptoms or eradicate the parasite. The patient survived for nine months after the diagnosis of E. bieneusi infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / parasitology*
Adult
Albendazole / therapeutic use
Animals
Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
HIV Infections / complications*
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Microsporidia / classification
Microsporidia / isolation & purification*
Microsporidia / ultrastructure
Microsporidiosis / drug therapy
Microsporidiosis / etiology*
Treatment Failure

Substances

Antiprotozoal Agents
Albendazole