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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Giardiasis|Chronic giardiasis]] | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Giardiasis|Chronic giardiasis]]<ref name="pmid11113253">{{cite journal |vauthors=Thompson RC |title=Giardiasis as a re-emerging infectious disease and its zoonotic potential |journal=Int. J. Parasitol. |volume=30 |issue=12-13 |pages=1259–67 |year=2000 |pmid=11113253 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* [[Giardiasis|Chronic giardiasis]] may develop after a bout of acute giardiasis or without any acute events. | * [[Giardiasis|Chronic giardiasis]] may develop after a bout of acute giardiasis or without any acute events. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Cryptosporidiosis]] | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Cryptosporidiosis]]<ref name="pmid17172373">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sánchez-Vega JT, Tay-Zavala J, Aguilar-Chiu A, Ruiz-Sánchez D, Malagón F, Rodríguez-Covarrubias JA, Ordóñez-Martínez J, Calderón-Romero L |title=Cryptosporidiosis and other intestinal protozoan infections in children less than one year of age in Mexico City |journal=Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. |volume=75 |issue=6 |pages=1095–8 |year=2006 |pmid=17172373 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1889046">{{cite journal |vauthors=Current WL, Garcia LS |title=Cryptosporidiosis |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Rev. |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=325–58 |year=1991 |pmid=1889046 |pmc=358202 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* [[Incubation period]] is 7-10 days. | * [[Incubation period]] is 7-10 days. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Tropical sprue]] | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | [[Tropical sprue]]<ref name="pmid1091526">{{cite journal |vauthors=Klipstein FA, Schenk EA |title=Enterotoxigenic intestinal bacteria in tropical sprue. II. Effect of the bacteria and their enterotoxins on intestinal structure |journal=Gastroenterology |volume=68 |issue=4 Pt 1 |pages=642–55 |year=1975 |pmid=1091526 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* History of travel to a tropical region (for a period more than a month) | * History of travel to a tropical region (for a period more than a month) |
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Overview
Microsporidiosis should be differentiated from other conditions that cause chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised patients.
Differentiating Microsporidiosis from other Diseases
Differential Diagnosis
Microspordiosis must be differentiated from other diseases that is causing chronic diarrhea, weight loss and abdominal pain especially in immunocompromised patients.
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Cryptosporidiosis[2][3] |
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Cystoisosporiasis (isosporiasis) |
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Tropical sprue[4] |
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References
- ↑ Thompson RC (2000). "Giardiasis as a re-emerging infectious disease and its zoonotic potential". Int. J. Parasitol. 30 (12–13): 1259–67. PMID 11113253.
- ↑ Sánchez-Vega JT, Tay-Zavala J, Aguilar-Chiu A, Ruiz-Sánchez D, Malagón F, Rodríguez-Covarrubias JA, Ordóñez-Martínez J, Calderón-Romero L (2006). "Cryptosporidiosis and other intestinal protozoan infections in children less than one year of age in Mexico City". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 75 (6): 1095–8. PMID 17172373.
- ↑ Current WL, Garcia LS (1991). "Cryptosporidiosis". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 4 (3): 325–58. PMC 358202. PMID 1889046.
- ↑ Klipstein FA, Schenk EA (1975). "Enterotoxigenic intestinal bacteria in tropical sprue. II. Effect of the bacteria and their enterotoxins on intestinal structure". Gastroenterology. 68 (4 Pt 1): 642–55. PMID 1091526.