Microsporidiosis: epidemiology, clinical data and therapy.

Microsporidiosis is an emerging and opportunistic infection in AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients, children, travelers, contact lens wearers and the elderly. It is associated with a wide range of clinical syndromes of microsporidiosis in humans. The disease is caused by microsporidia, obligate intracellular microorganisms that were recently reclassified from protozoa to fungi.

[Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of intestinal microsporidiosis].

Introduction: Intestinal microsporidiosis is an opportunistic parasitological infection affecting mainly immunocompromised patients, particularly those infected with HIV.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of intestinal microsporidiosis and the treatments available for it.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study examined records collected over a 13-year period (from January 1995 through December 2007).