Cyclospora cayetanensis: this emerging protozoan pathogen in Mexico

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb;90(2):351-3. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0782. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

Abstract

A Mexican airline pilot had clinical manifestations of illness after a five-day stay in Lima, Peru. Six months later in Mexico, he was given a diagnosis of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis by using coproparasitoscopic serial tests. He was treated twice with nitazoxadine successfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cyclospora / isolation & purification*
  • Cyclosporiasis / diagnosis
  • Cyclosporiasis / drug therapy
  • Cyclosporiasis / parasitology*
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mexiko
  • Peru
  • Sulfamethoxazole / therapeutic use
  • Trimethoprim / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Trimethoprim
  • Sulfamethoxazole