Severe diarrhea due to Isospora belli in a patient with thymoma

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 526-529

  Meamar, Ahmad Reza ^a   Rezaian, Mostafa ^b   Zare Mirzaei, Ali ^a,c   Zahabiun, Farzaneh ^b   Faghihi, Amir Hossein ^c   Oormazdi, Hormazd ^a   Kia, Eshrat Beigom ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Iran; Isosporiasis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOSPORA BELLI; ISOSPORIASIS; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; STOMACH BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VOMITING; FECES; ISOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954662165     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Lindsay DS, Dubey JP, Blagburn BL. Biology of Isospora spp. from humans, nonhuman primates, and domestic animals. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1997;10:19-34.
2. Oliveira-Silva MB, Lages-Silva E, Resende DV, Prata A, Ramirez LE, Frenkel JK. Cystoisospora belli: in vitro multiplication in mammalian cells. Exp Parasitol. 2006; 114:189-92.
3. DeHovitz JA, Pape JW, Boncy M, Johnson WD Jr. Clinical manifestations and therapy of Isospora belli infection in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1986;315:87-90.
4. Soave R, Johnson WD Jr. Cryptosporidium and Isospora belli infections. J Infect Dis. 1988;157:225-9.
5. Good RA. Agammaglobulinemia: provocative experiment of nature. Bull Univ Minn Hosp. 1954;26:1-19.
6. Kelleher P, Misbah SA. What is Good's syndrome? Immunological abnormalities in patients with thymoma. J Clin Pathol. 2003;56:12-6.
7. Myers PO, Kritikos N, Bongiovanni M, Triponez F, Collaud S, Pache JC, et al. Primary intrapulmonary thymoma: a systematic review. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2007;33:1137-41.
8. Tarr PE, Sneller MC, Mechanic LJ, Economides A, Eger CM, Strober W, et al. Infections in patients with immunodeficiency with thymoma (Good syndrome). Report of 5 cases and review of the literature. Medicine. 2001;80:123-33.
9. Masci AM, Palmieri G, Perna F, Montella L, Merkabaoui G, Sacerdoti G, et al. Immunological findings in thymoma and thymoma-related syndromes. Annal Med.1999;31:86-9.
10. Granel B, Gayet S, Christides C, Serratrice J, Rey J, Disdier P, et al. Thymome et hypogammaglobulinemie, le syndrome de Good: a propos d'un cas et revue de la litterature. La Rev de Med Intern. 1999;20:347-9.
11. Perciaccante A, Anzivino C, Fiorentini A. Recurrent infections in a patient with thymoma: Good's syndrome. Eur J intern Med. 2006;17:381.
12. Godoy P, Campos CM, Costa G, de Castro LP. Association of thymoma and severe intestinal strongyloidiasis. Rev da Soci Brasil de Med Trop. 1998;31:481-5. [Article in Portuguese.]
13. Shaikh B, Schwab I, Morse L. Association of ocular toxoplasmosis and thymoma. Retina. 1997;17:354-6.
14. Landry P, Bassi C, Christen B. Loa loa infection in a patient with thymoma. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2004:2:85-7.
15. Meamar A, Rezaian M, Mohraz M, Zahabiun F, Hadighi R, Kia EB. A comparative analysis of intestinal parasitic infections between HIV+/AIDS patients and non-HIV Infected individuals. Iranian J Parasitol. 2007;1:1-6.