Disseminated microsporidiosis with Encephalitozoon species in a renal transplant recipient

To our knowledge, 5 cases of disseminated microsporidiosis with Encephalitozoon species have been reported worldwide in transplant recipients. George et al. present the first such case in Australia, to be reported and treated with good clinical recovery.

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