Isospora belli infection: observation of unicellular cysts in mesenteric lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS and animal inoculation.
We describe the finding of unizoic cysts of Isospora belli in lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS, and discuss the possibilities of their drug resistance, they being the cause of relapses, and of being an indication for the existence of intermediary or paratenic animal hosts.
Frenkel
Jacob K
JK
Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. frenkeljk@aol.com
Silva
Marcia Benedita de Oliveira
MB
Saldanha
Joao
J
de Silva
Mario Leon
ML
Correia Filho
V Dalmo
VD
Barata
Cristina Hueb
CH
Lages
Eliane
E
Ramirez
Luis Eduardo
LE
Prata
Aluizio
A
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003560:Cysts / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007549:Isospora / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021865:Isosporiasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male