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Coccidian parasites are particularly important in the compromised patient and can cause life-threatening disease. These organisms can disseminate from the intestinal tract to other body sites. They may also infect many individuals who have relatively few symptoms. In the immunocompetent patient, symptoms may be minimal or absent; however, in the compromised patient sequelae may be very serious and even life-threatening.