IMMUNOFLUORESCENT ASSAY FOR SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION OF INTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS

Intestinal microsporidiosis in Iran: infection in immune-compromised and immunocompetent patients

Background and Purpose Gastroenteritis and the clinical profile caused by Microsporidia, an opportunistic pathogen, may be severe in immunocompromised individuals, especially in AIDS patients. Conventionally, it is necessary to detect the small infective spores in stained smears. However, due to the limitations of the microscopy-based methods, several DNA-based methods such as polymerase chain ...

Asymptomatic intestinal microsporidiosis in a human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative, immunocompetent Zambian child.

Intestinal Microsporidiosis in Iran (Kerman): Comparison in immune-compromised patients and immune competent people with diarrhea

Background and Purpose: Gastroenteritis and the clinical profile caused by Microsporidia, an opportunistic pathogen, may be severe in immunocompromised individuals, especially in AIDS patients. Conventionally, it is necessary to detect the small infective spores in stained smears. However, due to the limitations of the microscopy-based methods, several DNA-based methods such as polymerase cha...

Asymptomatic Intestinal Microsporidiosis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus- Seronegative, Immunocompetent Zambian Child

Histological diagnosis of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with AIDS.

Fifty nine patients seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and diarrhoea and 20 with weight loss were investigated for microsporidiosis using light and electron microscopical examination of duodenal and jejunal biopsy specimens. Eight cases of microsporidiosis were found, in five of whom it was the sole pathogen. In all eight cases the organism was identified at light microscopy wi...