RT Book, Section
A1 Maraqa, Nizar F.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182904570
T1 Cystoisosporiasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904570
RD 2024/04/23
AB Cystoisospora  belli,  formerly  known  as  Isospora  belli,  is  a  coccidian  unicellular  protozoan  parasite  of  the  phylum  Apicomplexa  that  primarily  infects  the  human  intestinal  epithelium  and  has  no  known  animal  reservoir.  The  parasite  is  an  uncommon  cause  of  diarrhea  in  immunocompetent  hosts  and  an  opportunistic  cause  of  watery  diarrhea  and  weight  loss  in  immunocompromised  children  and  adults.