Open AccessCystoisospora belli infection in a renal transplant recipient: a case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Büşra Betül Özmen-Çapın,
Gamze Gürsoy,
Sema Tortop,
Jabrayil Jabrayilov,
Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya,
Sibel Ergüven
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.12407
Subject(s) - renal transplant , diarrhea , medicine , coccidiosis , kidney transplant , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , pathology
Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian parasite that causes prolonged watery diarrhea especially among immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report a renal transplant patient who complaints of alternating diarrhea and review of literature related to cystoisosporiasis amongst the transplant recipients.