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Disseminated microsporidiosis with Encephalitozoon species in a renal transplant recipient
Author(s) -
GEORGE BIBIN,
COATES TOBY,
MCDONALD STEPHEN,
RUSS GRAEME,
CHERIAN SAJIV,
NOLAN JAMES,
BREALEY JOHN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2012.01580.x
Subject(s) - microsporidiosis , medicine , encephalitozoon cuniculi , renal transplant , intensive care medicine , virology , pathology , transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , microsporidia , biology , protozoal disease , malaria , spore
To our knowledge, 5 cases of disseminated microsporidiosis with Encephalitozoon species have been reported worldwide in transplant recipients. George et al . present the first such case in Australia, to be reported and treated with good clinical recovery.