Intraocular microsporidiosis due to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 294, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Kodjikian, Laurent ^a,b,e   Garweg, Justus G ^a   Nguyen, Mai ^c   Schaffner, Thomas ^c   Deplazes, Peter ^d   Zimmerli, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Disseminated microsporidiosis; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Endophthalmitis; Idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia; Iris tumor

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRIS TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 13844297715     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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