Histologic Proof of Acalculous Cholecystitis Due toCyclospora cayetanensis | Zendy

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Histologic Proof of Acalculous Cholecystitis Due toCyclospora cayetanensis

Author(s) -

Fred A. Zar,

Ezzat ElBayoumi,

Margaret Yungbluth

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/324586

Subject(s) - cyclospora cayetanensis , medicine , cholecystitis , gallbladder , biliary tract , cholecystectomy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , feces , cryptosporidium

It is suspected that Cyclospora cayetanensis can infect the biliary tract in persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection, but histologic proof has never been published. We report a case of acalculous cholecystitis in a person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who required cholecystectomy and demonstrated C. cayetanensis in the gallbladder epithelium.

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