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Diarrhea associated with Cyanobacterialike bodies in an immunocompetent host. An unusual epidemiological source
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Objective:
To describe a patient who developed diarrhea secondary to Cyanobacterialike bodies (CLBs) after exposure to contaminated water in his home.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
General community.
Patient:
Healthy, elderly man.
Intervention:
None, self-limited illness.
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
Internists and laboratory technicians should be aware of CLBs as a cause of protracted diarrhea in the community.
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