title: Incidence of microsporidia in cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Microsporidia are considered opportunistic pathogens as evidenced by the significant detection in immunocompromised HIV/AIDS population. Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy are considered to be immunosuppressed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Stool samples were collected from 311 cancer patients in the Klang Valley. Each sample underwent water-ether concentration and staining with modified trichrome stain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sixty-eight samples were positive by oil immersion examination. Polymerase chain reaction amplification with specific primers on those samples amplified Encephalitozoon intestinalis from two of the samples and Encephalitozoon hellem from one sample.
authors.affiliation: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Angela R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lono
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Tan T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction