Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm

Cryptosporidium baileyi, a bird-specific parasite, infects gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and urinary tracts of its host. We report on a C. baileyi infection associated with pulmonary hamartoma in an immunocompetent patient in Poland. Further work is needed to investigate the association between Crypt...

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Autores principales: Kopacz, Żaneta, Kváč, Martin, Piesiak, Paweł, Szydłowicz, Magdalena, Hendrich, Andrzej B., Sak, Bohumil, McEvoy, John, Kicia, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687044
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201117
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author Kopacz, Żaneta
Kváč, Martin
Piesiak, Paweł
Szydłowicz, Magdalena
Hendrich, Andrzej B.
Sak, Bohumil
McEvoy, John
Kicia, Marta
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Kváč, Martin
Piesiak, Paweł
Szydłowicz, Magdalena
Hendrich, Andrzej B.
Sak, Bohumil
McEvoy, John
Kicia, Marta
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description Cryptosporidium baileyi, a bird-specific parasite, infects gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and urinary tracts of its host. We report on a C. baileyi infection associated with pulmonary hamartoma in an immunocompetent patient in Poland. Further work is needed to investigate the association between Cryptosporidium infections and tumors.
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spelling pubmed-73924682020-08-06 Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm Kopacz, Żaneta Kváč, Martin Piesiak, Paweł Szydłowicz, Magdalena Hendrich, Andrzej B. Sak, Bohumil McEvoy, John Kicia, Marta Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Cryptosporidium baileyi, a bird-specific parasite, infects gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and urinary tracts of its host. We report on a C. baileyi infection associated with pulmonary hamartoma in an immunocompetent patient in Poland. Further work is needed to investigate the association between Cryptosporidium infections and tumors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392468/ /pubmed/32687044 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201117 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Kopacz, Żaneta
Kváč, Martin
Piesiak, Paweł
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Hendrich, Andrzej B.
Sak, Bohumil
McEvoy, John
Kicia, Marta
Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm
title Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm
title_full Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm
title_fullStr Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm
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title_short Cryptosporidium baileyi Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompetent Woman with Benign Neoplasm
title_sort cryptosporidium baileyi pulmonary infection in immunocompetent woman with benign neoplasm
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687044
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201117
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