[Intestinal Microspora infections in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
A 24 year old man with AIDS diagnosed in 1989 and a history of several episodes of pulmonary pneumocystosis developed chronic diarrhea and severe epigastric pain. Endoscopy revealed a granular intestinal mucosa. There was atrophy of villi and Giemsa, Ziehl-Nielsen and Gram staining identified 1.5 to 2 u spores in the cytoplasm of intestinal cells. Transmission electron microscopy of the spores revealed a thick wall, a sporoplasm with a nucleus, ribosomes, a posterior vacuole and a polar filament with multiple coils; no mitochondria were seen. Thus, the patient had intestinal microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi. This is a rare pathogen recently identified in man.
Oddó
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Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
Chuaqui
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Hofmann
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García
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*
Microsporidiosis intestinal en un paciente con síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.