Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2024)

Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Child, Argentina

  • Cristian Javier Mena,
  • Magalí Pérez Garófalo,
  • Juliana Perazzo,
  • Carolina Epelbaum,
  • Gonzalo Castro,
  • Paola Sicilia,
  • Andrés Barnes,
  • Lorena Guasconi,
  • Verónica L. Burstein,
  • Ignacio Beccacece,
  • Mariel A. Almeida,
  • Laura Cervi,
  • Monica Santin,
  • Laura S. Chiapello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3003.231580
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3
pp. 613 – 616

Abstract

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We report a case of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient in Argentina. Spores were visualized in feces using Calcofluor White and modified trichrome stainings. PCR and sequencing identified E. bieneusi genotype D in fecal samples and liver samples, confirming extraintestinal dissemination of the parasite.

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