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J Med Microbiol 53 (2004), 255-257; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45531-0
© 2004 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Cyclosporiasis associated with diarrhoea in an immunocompetent patient in Turkey

Meral Türk1, Metin Türker1, Mucide Ak2, Berrin Karaayak1 and Turan Kaya1

1Department of Microbiology, State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey 2Department of Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey

Correspondence Mucide Ak ak{at}med.ege.edu.tr

Received November 6, 2003
Accepted December 17, 2003

Cyclospora cayetanensis, the parasitic agent responsible for human cyclosporiasis, is an emerging worldwide cause of diarrhoea in immunocompetent people as well as in immunocompromised patients, such as those with AIDS. Reported here is the case of a 30-year-old Turkish woman, a lawyer, who was admitted to hospital in July 2002 with complaints of watery diarrhoea, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and weight loss over a period of 1 week. Cyclospora sp. oocysts were determined by using modified Kinyoun's acid-fast stain. The patient was treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (160/800 mg) b.i.d. for 7 days. This report is the first example of autochthonous cyclosporiasis in an immunocompetent patient in Turkey.

Abbreviations: SMZ, sulfamethoxazole; TMP, trimethoprim.




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