Isospora belli infection in a malnourished child.
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2007-06-15
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Isospora belli, a coccidian parasite usually causes a self limiting illness of acute onset with fever, diarrhoea and colicky pain in a normal host. In immunocompromised patients human isosporiasis becomes chronic. We report a case of a malnourished 9 year old female child who presented with complaints of loose stools, nausea, vomiting and weight loss for the past three months. Stool examination revealed immature oocysts of Isospora belli. The patient was successfully treated with TMP-SMX.
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Kochhar A, Saxena S, Malhotra VL, Deb M. Isospora belli infection in a malnourished child. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2007 Jun; 39(2): 141-3