Cyclospora infection in an immunocompetent patient in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;62(1):57-8.

Abstract

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a coccidian protozoa that was newly recognized in 1979 in Papua New Guinea. We report the case of a 42-year-old French man who had visited Vietnam and presented with fever and watery diarrhea that had lasted for more than 2 weeks. The patient was diagnosed with C. cayetanensis infection by examination of a stool smear using UV fluorescence microscopy. Based on this rare case, we recommend that Cyclospora infection might be considered in the differential diagnosis of traveler's diarrhea in immunocompetent patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cyclospora / isolation & purification*
  • Cyclosporiasis / complications*
  • Cyclosporiasis / drug therapy
  • Cyclosporiasis / parasitology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / etiology*
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Feces / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Travel
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination