Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital: case report.
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.
Gonçalves
Elenice Messias do Nascimento
EM
Central Laboratory Division, Clinical Hospital, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Uemura
Iaiko Horroiva
IH
Orban
Magali
M
Castilho
Vera Lúcia Pagliusi
VL
Corbett
Carlos Eduardo Pereira
CE
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