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Disseminated microsporidiosis in a renal transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease | August 16, 2013 | Volume: 15 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 526-532

10.1111/tid.12119 | PMID 23947513

AbstractMicrosporidia are opportunistic pathogens that usually cause a limited disease in the gastrointestinal tract. Occasionally, they can cause disseminated disease. In solid organ transplant recipients, disseminated disease has been reported only rarely. We describe a 68‐year‐old woman who presented with fever, cough, and acute kidney injury 6 months after kidney transplantation. Dissemination was confirmed by identification of microsporidial spores in urine and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Polymerase chain reaction analysis identified the species as Encephalitozoon cuniculi.