Microsporidia Infection in a Mexican Kidney Transplant Recipient | Zendy

Oscar Xavier Hernández-Rodríguez | Zendy; Octavio Alvarez-Torres | Zendy; Norma UribeUribe | Zendy

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Microsporidia Infection in a Mexican Kidney Transplant Recipient

Author(s) -

Oscar Xavier Hernández-Rodríguez,

Octavio Alvarez-Torres,

Norma UribeUribe

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6641

pISSN - 2090-665X

DOI - 10.1155/2012/928083

Subject(s) - microsporidia , microsporidiosis , opportunistic infection , medicine , protozoa , asymptomatic , immunology , organ transplantation , kidney transplantation , kidney , transplantation , biology , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , viral disease , spore

Microorganisms of the microsporidia group are obligated intracellular protozoa that belong to the phylum Microspora; currently they are considered to be related or belong to the fungi reign. It is considered an opportunistic infection in humans, and 14 species belonging to 8 different genera have been described. Immunocompromized patients such as those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), also HIV serum-negative asymptomatic patients, with poor hygienic conditions, and recipients of bone marrow or solid organ transplantation are susceptible to develop deinfection. Sixty transplanted patients with renal microsporidia infection have been reported worldwide. The aim of this paper is to inform about the 2nd case of kidney transplant and microsporidia infection documented in Mexico.

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