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Volume 30, Number 6—June 2024
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Encephalitozoon cuniculi Microsporidia in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Immunocompetent Patients, Czech Republic

Bohumil SakComments to Author , Katka Mansfeldová, Klára Brdíčková, Petra Gottliebová, Elka Nyčová, Nikola Holubová, Jana Fenclová, Marta Kicia, Żaneta Zajączkowska, and Martin Kváč
Author affiliations: Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (B. Sak, N. Holubová, J. Fenclová, M. Kváč); University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (K. Mansfeldová, J. Fenclová, M. Kváč); Bulovka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic (K. Brdíčková, P. Gottliebová, E. Nyčová); Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (M. Kicia, Ż. Zajączkowska)

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Table

Characteristics of patients in a study of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in cerebrospinal fluid from immunocompetent patients, Czech Republic

Sex Total no. sampled Median age (range) E. cuniculi­–positive patients
 Sample testing results
Patient no. Age, y Nested PCR genotype RT-PCR quantification/mL (Ct)
M
 115
 34.0 (4–81)
 56
 63
E. cuniculi II
 3.0 × 101 (39)
F 96 33.5 (2–80) 54 13 E. cuniculi II 5.7 × 101 (38)
139 45 E. cuniculi II 1.1 × 102 (36)
185 48 E. cuniculi II 5.1 × 102 (35)
194 75 E. cuniculi II 3.0 × 101 (38)
197
 32
E. cuniculi II
 1.0 × 101 (39)
Total 211 34.0 (2–81)

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