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Disseminated Microsporidiosis in an Immunosuppressed Patient

Eric G. Meissner, John E. Bennett, Yvonne Qvarnström, Alexandre J. da Silva, Emily Y. Chu, Maria Tsokos, Juan Gea‐Banacloche

Emerging infectious diseases · 2012 · 54 citations · 6 references

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We report a case of disseminated microsporidiosis in a patient with multiple myeloma who had received an allogeneic stem cell transplant requiring substantial immunosuppression. The causative organism was identified as Tubulinosema acridophagus, confirming this genus of microsporidia as a novel human pathogen.

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