title: Specific and rapid detection of Microsporidia in stool specimens from AIDS patients by PCR.
abstract: Two microsporidian species, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis, are the cause of diarrhoea and wasting syndrome in AIDS patients. A new PCR assay is proposed for the rapid and specific detection of these parasites in stools.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 313, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ombrouck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciceron
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Desportes-Livage
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D016816:Microsporida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction