Case report: Cyclospora cayetanensis: This emerging protozoan pathogen in Mexico

Abstract

A Mexican airline pilot had clinical manifestations of illness after a five-day stay in Lima, Peru. Six months later in Mexico, he was given a diagnosis of infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis by using coproparasitoscopic serial tests. He was treated twice with nitazoxadine successfully. Copyright © 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.