Intestinal and Extraintestinal Isospora belli Infection in an Aids Patient
| Autor: | C. Boissy, E. Bernard, Jean-François Michiels, Paul Hofman, M. C. Saint Paul, V. Mondain, R. Loubiere, Y. Lefichoux |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology biology Spleen Autopsy Cell Biology biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Gastroenterology Small intestine Pathology and Forensic Medicine Cachexia Isospora Coccidia medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine parasitic diseases medicine Cystoisospora belli Lymph |
| Zdroj: | Pathology - Research and Practice. 190:1089-1093 |
| ISSN: | 0344-0338 |
| Popis: | Summary A 30-year-old black female, from Burkina Faso, bad AIDS in 1990. She died in March 1993 following a cachexia secondary to a chronic intestinal isosporiasis. The autopsy revealed a massive parasitic infection by I. belli of the small intestine mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes and liver and spleen. The parasite stage observed in extra intestinal sites corresponded to unizoite tissue cysts. This is the first report of I. belli infection in liver and spleen. |
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