title: Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital: case report.
abstract: This is the report on a patient with chronic diarrhea caused by microsporidia. He is married, infected with HIV and has low CD4 cell count. The diagnosis was established through stool parasite search using concentration methods and Gram-chromotrope staining technique. Ileum biopsy was also performed in this case. The etiological diagnosis may be established in a clinical laboratory, by chromotrope staining technique in routine microscopic examination of stool specimens.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory Division, Clinical Hospital, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elenice Messias do Nascimento
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Iaiko Horroiva
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orban
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Pagliusi
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Castilho
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Pereira
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Corbett
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013194:Staining and Labeling