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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2002, p. 4800-4801, Vol. 40, No. 12
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4800-4801.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pulmonary Localization of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an AIDS Patient: Case Report and Review

F. Botterel,1* C. Minozzi,2 D. Vittecoq,2 and P. Bourée1

Service de Microbiologie, Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, AP-HP, Université Paris XI, 94275 Kremlin-Bicetre Cedex,1 Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Paul Brousse, F-94804 Villejuif, France2

Received 6 March 2002/ Returned for modification 12 June 2002/ Accepted 22 September 2002

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an agent of intestinal microsporidiosis leading to malabsorption syndrome and diarrhea in AIDS patients. Respiratory tract microsporidiosis due to Encephalitozoon spp. has been reported. To date, however, only two cases of pulmonary involvement of E. bieneusi have been documented for patients with intestinal microsporidiosis. We report here another pulmonary localization of E. bieneusi in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient. Clinical features of these three cases are reviewed. E. bieneusi can colonize the respiratory tract but could be considered a simple carriage associated with an intestinal infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Kremlin-Bicetre Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 1 45 21 33 21. Fax: (33) 1 45 21 33 19. E-mail: francoise.botterel{at}bct.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2002, p. 4800-4801, Vol. 40, No. 12
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4800-4801.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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