Encephalitozoon cuniculi Microsporidia in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Immunocompetent Patients, Czech Republic
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Document type Journal Article
PubMed
38782145
PubMed Central
PMC11138996
DOI
10.3201/eid3006.231585
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Czech Republic, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, PCR, cerebrospinal fluid, latent infection, parasites, qPCR, zoonoses,
- MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Encephalitozoon cuniculi * isolation & purification genetics MeSH
- Encephalitozoonosis * cerebrospinal fluid microbiology epidemiology MeSH
- Immunocompetence MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Retrospective Studies MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Aged MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
We retrospectively analyzed of 211 frozen cerebrospinal fluid samples from immunocompetent persons in the Czech Republic and detected 6 Encephalitozoon cuniculi-positive samples. Microsporidiosis is generally underestimated and patients are not usually tested for microsporidia, but latent infection in immunodeficient and immunocompetent patients can cause serious complications if not detected and treated.
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