Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium sp. from a patient not suspected of having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Several protozoa including Cryptosporidium sp. and Isospora belli were found in a stool specimen from a patient not suspected of having Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). As a result of the parasitologic findings, serologic tests were ordered that verified the diagnosis of AIDS. All stool specimens are routinely tested for presence of acid fast organisms with a modified acid fast technique.
Peters
C S
CS
Division of Microbiology, Cook County Hospital-Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Chicago, IL 60612.
Kathpalia
S B
SB
Chittom-Swiatlo
A L
AL
Kallick
C A
CA
Sherer
R
R
Kocka
F E
FE
D000328:Adult; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000469:parasitology*