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[Microsporida infections in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed subjects]

Parassitologia. 1991 Dec;33(2-3):209-18. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93226416
Croppo GP; Gomez Morales MA; Pozio E; Laboratorio di Parassitologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanita,; Roma, Italia.

Abstract: Parasites of the phylum Microspora are obligatory intracellular protoza with a widespread host range among invertebrates and vertebrates. Species from Nosema, Encephalitozoon, Enterocytozoon and Pleistophora genera can infect immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. The emergency of the AIDS epidemic has recently highlighted the role of these parasites in human pathology, microsporidian species being a frequent cause of diarrhoea and ocular infections. Recent acquisitions in the taxonomy and life cycle of this parasite group, as well as pathogenesis, immunopathology, clinical aspects, diagnosis, therapy and epidemiology of human microsporidiosis are reviewed and discussed.
Keywords: Animal AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*PARASITOLOGY Disease Susceptibility/IMMUNOLOGY English Abstract Human Immunocompetence *Immunocompromised Host Microspora Infections/DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY Microsporida/CLASSIFICATION/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/*ISOLATION & PURIF JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, MULTICASEKWDanimalaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDparasitologydiseasesusceptibility/immunologyenglishabstracthumanimmunocompetenceKWDimmunocompromisedhostmicrosporainfections/diagnosis/drugtherapy/KWDepidemiology/immunologymicrosporida/classification/growth&development/KWDisolation&purifjournalarticlereviewreview,multicase
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