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Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update.

Microsporidiosis is a disease caused by microsporidia, which are single-celled, obligate intracellular parasites that infect a broad range of invertebrates and vertebrates including humans. The first microsporidia species identified by Nägeli in 1857 was named as Nosema bombycis [1]. This parasite w...

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Main Author: Awang Hamat, Rukman
Other Authors: Sekawi, Zamberi
Format: Book Section
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26364/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.263642013-12-02T08:00:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26364/ Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update. Awang Hamat, Rukman Microsporidiosis is a disease caused by microsporidia, which are single-celled, obligate intracellular parasites that infect a broad range of invertebrates and vertebrates including humans. The first microsporidia species identified by Nägeli in 1857 was named as Nosema bombycis [1]. This parasite was responsible for the pebrine disease that killed silkworms resulting in substantial economic losses to silk and other insect-related industries in a few European countries. However, greatest concerns on microsporidia arose from a few documented cases of microsporidiosis in humans and from a single report on persistent diarrhea, weight loss and wasting syndrome in a person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [2, 3]. Since then, microsporidia have been recognized as one of the etiological agents causing opportunistic infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality in this type of immunocompromised patients [4, 5]. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press Sekawi, Zamberi 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed Awang Hamat, Rukman (2012) Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update. In: Updates in Medical Microbiology. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Universiti Putra Malaysia . ISBN 9789673443147
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description Microsporidiosis is a disease caused by microsporidia, which are single-celled, obligate intracellular parasites that infect a broad range of invertebrates and vertebrates including humans. The first microsporidia species identified by Nägeli in 1857 was named as Nosema bombycis [1]. This parasite was responsible for the pebrine disease that killed silkworms resulting in substantial economic losses to silk and other insect-related industries in a few European countries. However, greatest concerns on microsporidia arose from a few documented cases of microsporidiosis in humans and from a single report on persistent diarrhea, weight loss and wasting syndrome in a person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [2, 3]. Since then, microsporidia have been recognized as one of the etiological agents causing opportunistic infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality in this type of immunocompromised patients [4, 5].
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Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update.
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title Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update.
title_short Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update.
title_full Intestinal microsporidiosis among children with cancer : an update.
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