FIRST CASES OF MICROSPORIDIOSIS IN SCANDINAVIAN PATIENTS WITH AIDS

The first 2 cases of infection with Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Denmark and Scandinavia are reported. Both patients were women and to the bes t of our knowledge this is the first report of E. bieneusi in female A IDS patients. Both had late stage AIDS, and both had complained of int ermittent diarrhoea for more than 1 year. At the time microsporidiosis was diagnosed, no other pathogens causing diarrhoea were found. Immun odeficient patients with chronic unexplained diarrhoea should be inves tigated for intestinal microsporidiosis, especially as treatment is no w available.