| [prolonged diarrhea and weight loss after a biking trip from tibet to nepal: infection with cyclospora]. | a 39-year-old man, who had made a cycling tour from tibet to nepal, visited the outpatients' clinic one month later because of prolonged diarrhoea, abdominal complaints and serious weight loss. parasitological examination of the stool revealed oocysts of cyclospora cayetanensis and the patient was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (co-trimoxazole) with good result. c. cayetanensis has only recently been discovered as a protozoal cause of diarrhoea. infections are primarily reported from ... | 2002 | 12198831 |