Diarrhea due to Cyclospora-like organism in an immunocompetent patient.

J Infect Dev Ctries

Laboratorio de Especialidades Parasitológicas, Universidad de Oriente, Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela.

Published: December 2007

Cyclospora cayetanensis infection continues to be a major cause of diarrhea particularly in immunosuppressed patients. The emergence of new related parasite pathogens, is an issue of public health concern. We report here a case where a Cyclospora-like organism was the cause of diarrhea in an immunocompetent patient from Venezuela.

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