First case report of infection caused by Encephalitozoon intestinalis in a domestic cat and a patient with AIDS

  • Vet Parasitol. 2012 Dec 21;190(3-4):583-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.034.
Jorge Néstor Velásquez  1 ,  Agustín Víctor Chertcoff ,  Cristina Etchart ,  Cecilia di Risio ,  Fernando Campos Sodré ,  Marcela A Cucher ,  Silvana Carnevale
Affiliations
  • 1. Hospital Municipal de Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz, Uspallata 2272, (CP 1282) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email protected]
PMID: 22824062 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.034
Abstract

Microsporidia are eukaryotic, intracellular obligate parasites that infect invertebrate and vertebrate Animals, and have emerged as important opportunistic parasites in AIDS patients. We used light microscopy to detect microsporidial spores in stool samples of a domestic cat confirmed as Encephalitozoon intestinalis by PCR, owned by an AIDS patient with chronic diarrhea and E. intestinalis Infection. Cats can be considered hosts of E. intestinalis.