Disseminated microsporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of disseminated microsporidiosis in a patient with multiple myeloma who had received an allogeneic stem cell transplant requiring substantial immunosuppression. The causative organism was identified as Tubulinosema acridophagus, confirming this genus of microsporidia as a novel human pathogen.

SUBMITTER: Meissner EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3376806 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature