       Document 0790
 DOCN  M9640790
 TI    Microsporidiosis as an AIDS-related opportunistic infection.
 DT    9604
 AU    Bryan RT; National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease;
       Control and Prevention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
 SO    Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Aug;21 Suppl 1:S62-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96002829
 AB    The clinical manifestations of AIDS-related microsporidiosis range from
       mild or asymptomatic infections to debilitating illness involving the
       gastrointestinal, respiratory, or urogenital tracts or the eyes.
       Intestinobiliary infections with Enterocytozoon bieneusi are the most
       common microsporidial diseases, but disseminated infections with
       Encephalitozoon hellem, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, and Septata
       intestinalis are being increasingly recognized. The isolation of
       infective microsporidial spores from urine and respiratory secretions
       and the presence of spores in stool and duodenal aspirates suggest that
       person-to-person transmission may occur. Primary infection may also
       occur by inhalation or ingestion of spores from environmental sources or
       by zoonotic transmission. Development of guidelines for prevention of
       microsporidiosis will require that sources of infection and modes of
       transmission be more clearly elucidated. The presence of infective
       spores in bodily fluids, however, suggests that precautions when
       handling body fluids in clinical settings and personal hygiene measures
       such as hand washing may help to prevent primary infections.
 DE    Animal  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Human  Incidence  Infection Control/METHODS
       Microspora Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION
       *Microsporida  Risk Factors  United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE
       REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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