Simultaneous infection with two types of intestinal microsporidia in a patient with AIDS.
We report the first case of a non-Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidial infection in the small intestine of a European AIDS patient with diarrhoea. It is also the first case in which a double infection with two different types of microsporidia has been encountered.
Blanshard
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AIDS Unit, Westminster Hospital, London.
Hollister
W S
WS
Peacock
C S
CS
Tovey
D G
DG
Ellis
D S
DS
Canning
E U
EU
Gazzard
B G
BG
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016816:Microsporida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000209:etiology