Tubulinosema sp. microsporidian myositis in immunosuppressed patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1727-1730

  Choudhary, Maria M ^a   Metcalfe, Maureen G ^b   Arrambide, Kathryn ^c   Bern, Caryn ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Pieniazek, Norman J ^b   Bandea, Rebecca D ^b   Deleon Carnes, Marlene ^b   Adem, Patricia ^b   Choudhary, Moaz M ^c   Zaki, Sherif R ^b   Saeed, Musab U ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BENDAMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; PENTOSTATIN; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIAN MYOSITIS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TUBULINOSEMA;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MICROSPORIDIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS;

EID: 80052166295     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.101926     Document Type: Article

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