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Encephalitozoon hellem
Isolated in 1991 from 3 AIDS patients with keratoconjunctivitis
Pathology:
- keratoconjunctivitis
- respiratory tract infection, sinusitis
- genitourinary tract infection
- cholangitis
- bronchiolitis in patients with AIDS
- disseminated infection (sepsis) [2]
Laboratory:
- Encephalitozoon hellem DNA
Management: topical fumagillin may be effective
General
Encephalitozoon
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: protozoa
References
- Microbe Wiki: Encephalitozoon hellem
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Encephalitozoon_hellem
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Microsporidiosis
https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/microsporidiosis/
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1204
- Grimm L
What's Eating You: 12 Common Intestinal Parasites.
Medscape. November 25, 2019
https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/intestinal-parasites-6010996