Case series of intestinal microsporidiosis in non-HIV patients caused by <i>Encephalitozoon hellem</i>
Céline Nourrisson, Samia Hamane, Julie Bonhomme, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Jean-Baptiste Foulquier, Sophie Lesthelle, Maxime Moniot, Marie‐Elisabeth Bougnoux, Philippe Poirier, Franck Labbé, Yohann Le Govic, Anne Totet, Céline Damiani, Ludovic de Gentile, Jean-Philippe Lemoine, Anne Pauline Bellanger, Sandrine Houzé, Nicolas Argy, Isabelle Accoceberry, Laurence Delhaès, Frédéric Gabriel, Pascal Millet, Solène Le Gal, Gilles Nevez, Agathe Capitaine, Magalie Demar, Hélène Yera, Célia Rouges, Cécile Angebault, Françoise Botterel, F. Foulet, Louise Basmaciyan, Frédéric Dalle, Stéphane Valot, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, M Robert, Anne-Sophie Deleplancque, Jordan Leroy, Daniel Ajzenberg, Emmanuelle Chapey, Damien Dupont, Jean Ménotti, Méja Rabodonirina, C. L’Ollivier, M.-N. Varlet, Anne Debourgogne, Marie Machouart, Rose‐Anne Lavergne, Florent Morio, Emilie Sitterlé, Pascal Delaunay, Christelle Pomarès, Loïc Simon, Milène Sasso, Éric Dannaoui, Nathalie Kapel, Ilhame Tantaoui, Marc Théllier, Muriel Nicolas, Estelle Perraud, Cathy Chemla, Isabelle Villena, Brice Autier, Damien Costa, Loïc Favennec, G. Belkadi, Alicia Moreno‐Sabater, Pierre Flori, Julie Brunet, Antoine Berry, Xavier Iriart, Adélaïde Chesnay, Guillaume Désoubeaux, Fabienne Artur, Laura Verdurme, Gwenole Prigent, Rémi Chatelain, Guillaume Ghislain Aubin
Abstract
diagnosed in France in non-HIV patients. Briefly, all patients were immunocompromised. They all suffered from diarrhoea, associated in nearly 50% of cases with weight loss. Concerning treatment, 5/11 patients had a discontinuation or a decrease of their immunosuppressive therapy, and 4/11 received albendazole. All patients recovered. Five different genotypes were identified based on the rRNA ITS sequence.