Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2011)

Tubulinosema sp. Microsporidian Myositis in Immunosuppressed Patient

  • Maria M. Choudhary,
  • Maureen G. Metcalfe,
  • Kathryn Arrambide,
  • Caryn Bern,
  • Govinda S. Visvesvara,
  • Norman J. Pieniazek,
  • Rebecca D. Bandea,
  • Marlene DeLeon-Carnes,
  • Patricia Adem,
  • Moaz M. Choudhary,
  • Sherif R. Zaki,
  • Musab U. Saeed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.101926
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 9
pp. 1727 – 1730

Abstract

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The Phylum Microsporidia comprises >1,200 species, only 15 of which are known to infect humans, including the genera Trachipleistophora, Pleistophora, and Brachiola. We report an infection by Tubulinosema sp. in an immunosuppressed patient.

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