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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 7, Pages 2769-2771Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00620-11
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- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic [206/09/0927, 505/11/1163]
- Institute of Parasitology, ASCR [Z60220518]
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A brain abscess caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype I together with Streptococcus intermedius occurred in a patient without major immunocompromise and with diabetes. The distinguishing clinical signs were hemiparesis and epilepsy. The microsporidium was observed in the abscess aspirate, and its specific DNA was also detected in stool and urine. The patient was successfully treated with albendazole and mebendazole.
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