[Report on a fungus parasitizing Entamoeba histolytica].
Infection of Entamoeba histolytica with chytridiaceous fungus Sphaerita was observed in some specimens obtained from a farmer and stained with iron-haematoxylin. The fungi were found in 78% of the cysts, mostly immature ones. Within the amoebae this parasite occurred singly, in groups, or in the form of a sporangium. It was located in the cytoplasm, the glycogen mass or the chromatoidal bars. In the same specimen, the parasitic fungus was also found in 18% of E. coli cysts; in 11% of E. nana cysts; while only one of 16 E. hartmanni cysts was parasitized. It is an interesting case of superimposed parasitism so far reported in China as well as a rare case of several species of amoebae being heavily involved with the same in the scientific literature.
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D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D013098:Xylariales / Q000302:isolation & purification*