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Abstract

, the parasitic agent responsible for human cyclosporiasis, is an emerging worldwide cause of diarrhoea in immunocompetent people as well as in immunocompromised patients, such as those with AIDS. Reported here is the case of a 30-year-old Turkish woman, a lawyer, who was admitted to hospital in July 2002 with complaints of watery diarrhoea, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and weight loss over a period of 1 week. sp. oocysts were determined by using modified Kinyoun's acid-fast stain. The patient was treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (160/800 mg) b.i.d. for 7 days. This report is the first example of autochthonous cyclosporiasis in an immunocompetent patient in Turkey.

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