bellis annua/fever

We report a case of imported paratyphoid fever associated with Giardia lamblia and Isospora belli infection. The patient was a 23-year-old Japanese female with complaints of high grade fever and diarrhea after 10 days traveling to Nepal. Salmonella Paratyphi A was isolated from the blood and fecal

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

The treatment of ulcerative colitis is based on systemic corticosteroids, immunomodulators such as cyclosporine and azathioprine and TNF-α antagonists. Patients undergoing such immunosuppressive treatment are more susceptible for infectious pathogens. Here, we report the case of a patient with a

The features of the nine first cases of Isospora belli enteritis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed in the Hospital Cliníc i Provincial of Barcelona from September 1984 to May 1989 are reported. All patients were male, five were homosexual and four were parenteral

Cystoisospora belli is an opportunistic protozoan that causes human cystoisosporiasis, an infection characterized by diarrhea, steatorrhea, abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss. The lack of animal models susceptible to C. belli, and the difficulty in obtaining clinical samples with fair amounts of