A Fatal Case of Disseminated Microsporidiosis Due to Anncaliia algerae in a Renal and Pancreas Allograft Recipient

Neil W. Anderson; Atis Muehlenbachs; Sana Arif; Jackrapong Bruminhent; Paul J. Deziel; Raymund R. Razonable; Mark P. Wilhelm; Maureen G. Metcalfe; Yvonne Qvarnstrom; Bobbi S. Pritt

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz285

A Fatal Case of Disseminated Microsporidiosis Due to Anncaliia algerae in a Renal and Pancreas Allograft Recipient

Neil W. Anderson
, Atis Muehlenbachs
, Sana Arif
, Jackrapong Bruminhent
, Paul J. Deziel
, Raymund R. Razonable
, Mark P. Wilhelm
, Maureen G. Metcalfe
, Yvonne Qvarnstrom
, Bobbi S. Pritt

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Microsporidiosis is an emerging opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of fatal disseminated Anncaliia algerae infection in a profoundly immunosuppressed pancreas and kidney transplant recipient.

Original language	English
Article number	ofz285
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz285
State	Published - Jul 1 2019

Keywords

Brachiola
Nosema
immunocompromised
microspo-ridiosis
microsporidia
opportunistic

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Anderson, N. W., Muehlenbachs, A., Arif, S., Bruminhent, J., Deziel, P. J., Razonable, R. R., Wilhelm, M. P., Metcalfe, M. G., Qvarnstrom, Y., & Pritt, B. S. (2019). A Fatal Case of Disseminated Microsporidiosis Due to Anncaliia algerae in a Renal and Pancreas Allograft Recipient. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(7), Article ofz285. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz285

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