Cystoisospora belli infection in a renal transplant recipient: a case report and review of literature

Büşra Betül Özmen-Çapın; Gamze Gürsoy; Sema Tortop; Jabrayil Jabrayilov; Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya; Sibel Ergüven

doi:10.3855/jidc.12407

Cystoisospora belli infection in a renal transplant recipient: a case report and review of literature

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Büşra Betül Özmen-Çapın Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Gamze Gürsoy Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Sema Tortop Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Jabrayil Jabrayilov Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology Subdivision, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Sibel Ergüven Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.12407

Keywords:

Cystoisospora belli, renal transplantation, opportunistic parasites

Abstract

Cystoisospora belli is a coccidian parasite that causes prolonged watery diarrhea especially among immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report a renal transplant patient who complaints of alternating diarrhea and review of literature related to cystoisosporiasis amongst the transplant recipients.

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2021-04-30

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Özmen-Çapın BB, Gürsoy G, Tortop S, Jabrayilov J, İnkaya A Çağkan, Ergüven S (2021) Cystoisospora belli infection in a renal transplant recipient: a case report and review of literature. J Infect Dev Ctries 15:599–602. doi: 10.3855/jidc.12407

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Vol. 15 No. 04: April 2021

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Case Reports

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