| Autor: |
Croppo GP; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, USA., Croppo GP, Moura H, Da Silva AJ, Leitch GJ, Moss DM, Wallace S, Slemenda SB, Pieniazek NJ, Visvesvara GS |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 1998 May; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 1201-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1128/JCM.36.5.1201-1208.1998 |
| Abstrakt: |
Microsporidia are ancient, intracellular, eukaryotic protozoan parasites that form spores and that lack mitochondria. Currently, as many as eight species included under six genera are known to infect humans, mostly patients with AIDS. Among these, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, the agent of gastrointestinal (GI) disease, is the most frequently identified microsporidian in clinical laboratories in the United States. Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis, the agent that causes a disseminated infection including infection of the GI tract, is the second most frequently identified microsporidian parasite. In spite of this, not many isolates of E. intestinalis have been established in culture. We describe here the continuous cultivation of eight isolates of E. intestinalis obtained from different samples including the urine, sputum, and duodenal aspirate or biopsy specimens from five AIDS patients originating from California, Colorado, and Georgia. The specific identification was made on the bases of ultrastructural, antigenic, and PCR analyses. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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