Microsporidiosis
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- A fungal infection caused by microsporidia.
- It occurs in immunocompromised patients, causing diarrhea and wasting.
- Human microsporidiosis represents an important and rapidly emerging opportunistic disease.
- Historically it has been observed in severely immunocompromised persons.
- Cases are also known to occur in immunocompetent individuals.
- The clinical manifestations of microsporidiosis are very diverse.
- Disseminated infection can be fatal.
- Of all of the manifestations of microsporidiosis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi-associated diarrhea is the most common
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