Enterocytozoon bieneusi multiorgan microsporidiosis in a HIV-infected patient

J Infect. 1998 Mar;36(2):223-5. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80019-4.

Abstract

Multiorgan microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi was diagnosed in an HIV-infected patient. The parasite was found and identified as E. bieneusi by transmission electron microscopy in stools, duodenal biopsy, nasal discharge and sputum. No clinical improvement or parasite eradication was obtained after albendazole therapy, but the patient remained alive 9 months after diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / parasitology
  • Adult
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microsporida / drug effects
  • Microsporida / isolation & purification*
  • Microsporidiosis* / drug therapy
  • Microsporidiosis* / parasitology
  • Nasal Lavage Fluid / parasitology
  • Sputum / parasitology

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Albendazole