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.

Keywords

• allogeneic stem cell transplantation
• microsporidia
• multiple myeloma
• disseminated microsporidiosis
• parasites
• immunosuppressed