Table 4. Clinical features and pathogens defining the presence of a protozoan OI.
Protozoa | Clinical Condition |
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Babesia spp [45, 46] | Severe disease with anemia, pulmonary and renal involvment; persisting and relapsing disease. |
Toxoplasma gondii [15, 16, 19] | Toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system with onset at age ≥ 1 month. Visceral disseminated toxoplasmosis, (e.g. lungs). |
Cryptosporidium [15, 16, 19] | Cryptosporidiosis, chronic diarrhea (>1 month duration). |
Giardia [14, 15] | Giardiasis, chronic intestinal diarrhea >1 month duration). |
Isospora [14, 15] | Chronic diarrhea (>1 month duration). |
Microsporidium [14, 15] | Chronic diarrhea (>1 month duration) Anncaliia algerae myositis. |
Leishmania [47, 48] | Recurrent, atypical visceral leishmania. |
Trypanosoma cruzi [16, 49] | Reactivation of American trypanosomiasis: Meningoencephalitis, central nervous system mass, myocarditis. |
Acanthamoeba spp. [50] | Meningoencephalitis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. |
Balamuthia mandrillaris [51] | Meningoencephalitis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. |
Naegleria fowleri [51] | Meningoencephalitis, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. |