Cryptosporidium felis Infection, Spain

摘要

To the Editor: Coccidian proto-zoans that belong to the genusCryptosporidium frequently causegastrointestinal infection in humansand animals and are distributedworldwide. Cryptosporidium hominisand the cattle genotype of C. parvumare responsible for most human infec-tions. However, other species andgenotypes of Cryptosporidium, suchas C. felis, C. muris, C. meleagridis,C. canis, C. parvum pig genotype, andC. parvum cervine genotype, havealso been detected in stool samples ofimmunosuppressed and immunocom-petent patients (1). Since 1999, whenPieniazek et al. described 3 cases ofC. felis infection in HIV-positivepatients (2), several studies have con-firmed that this species can infecthumans. Recently, Muthsusamy et al.described C. felis infections in 5 HIV-positive persons in southern India (3).In this article, we describe our experi-ence with an imported case of C. felisinfection in Spain