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Microsporidiosis

An intestinal infection that causes diarrhea and wasting in persons with HIV. It results from two different species of microsporidia, a protozoal parasite. In HIV infection, it generally occurs when CD4+ T cell counts fall below 100.

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The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Microsporidiosis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age $32.71 The Microsporidia and Microsporidiosis $64.00
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Clinical and diagnostic aspects of intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhea in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
SUMMARY The objectives of this study were to determine both the prevalence of microsporidial intestinal infection and the clinical outcome of the disease ...
From Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 11/1/00 by Brasil, Patricia
A patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and untreated Encephalitozoon (septata) intestinalis microsporidiosis leading to small bowel perforation
Background.-Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis is a common disseminating opportunistic intestinal microsporidian affecting patients with acquired ...
From Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 8/1/97 by Soule, Jeremy B
Detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Microsporidia) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using species-specific primer in stool samples of HIV patients
Background & objectives : Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites causing infections predominantly in immunocompromised patients. Enterocytozoon ...
From Indian Journal of Medical Research, 4/1/05 by Kumar, S Satheesh
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Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: Watershed Management and Hydrology William F. Ritter, Adel Shirmohammadi Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 2000, ...
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Evaluation of a combined acid-fast--trichrome stain for detection of microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum
Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum are important agents of enteritis, capable of causing severe chronic disease in immunocompromised individuals.l,2 ...
From Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 5/1/00 by Reisner, Barbara S
1999 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Persons Infected with HIV: Part III. Prevention of Disease Recurrence
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, Atlanta, Georgia This third part of ...
From American Family Physician, 2/1/00
A 3-year follow-up of a Brazilian AIDS patient with protracted diarrhea caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Patricia BRASIL (1), Daurita D. DE PAIVA (1), Dirce B. DE LIMA (1), Edson Jurado DA SILVA (3), Jose Mauro PERALTA (2), Alexandre J. DA SILVA (2), Fernando ...
From Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 7/1/98 by Brasil, Patricia

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