TY - JOUR
T1 - Diarrhea Associated With Cyanobacterialike Bodies in an Immunocompetent Host
T2 - An Unusual Epidemiological Source
AU - Hale, Devon
AU - Aldeen, William
AU - Carroll, Karen
PY - 1994/1/12
Y1 - 1994/1/12
N2 - To describe a patient who developed diarrhea secondary to Cyanobacterialike bodies (CLBs) after exposure to contaminated water in his home. —Case report. —General community. —Healthy, elderly man. —None, self-limited illness. —The patient's clinical course was consistent with illness caused by CLBs. Cyanobacterialike bodies were recovered from the patient's stool sample and the contaminated water to which he was exposed. —Internists and laboratory technicians should be aware of CLBs as a cause of protracted diarrhea in the community.
AB - To describe a patient who developed diarrhea secondary to Cyanobacterialike bodies (CLBs) after exposure to contaminated water in his home. —Case report. —General community. —Healthy, elderly man. —None, self-limited illness. —The patient's clinical course was consistent with illness caused by CLBs. Cyanobacterialike bodies were recovered from the patient's stool sample and the contaminated water to which he was exposed. —Internists and laboratory technicians should be aware of CLBs as a cause of protracted diarrhea in the community.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1994.03510260076032
DO - 10.1001/jama.1994.03510260076032
M3 - Article
C2 - 8264070
AN - SCOPUS:0028044595
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 271
SP - 144
EP - 145
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 2
ER -