Encephalitozoon hellem
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Introduction
Isolated in 1991 from 3 AIDS patients with keratoconjunctivitis
Pathology
- keratoconjunctivitis
- respiratory tract infection, sinusitis
- genitourinary tract infection
- cholangitis
- bronchiolitis in patients with AIDS
- disseminated infection (sepsis)[2]
Laboratory
Management
topical fumagillin may be effective
More general terms
References
- ↑ Microbe Wiki: Encephalitozoon hellem https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Encephalitozoon_hellem
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Microsporidiosis https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/microsporidiosis/
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1204
- ↑ Grimm L What's Eating You: 12 Common Intestinal Parasites. Medscape. November 25, 2019 https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/intestinal-parasites-6010996