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SUBMITTER: Raynaud L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC124803 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raynaud L L Delbac F F Broussolle V V Rabodonirina M M Girault V V Wallon M M Cozon G G Vivares C P CP Peyron F F
Journal of clinical microbiology 19980101 1
With the use of Weber's modified trichrome and Uvitex 2B techniques, spores of microsporidia were detected in the stools of four travelers presenting clinically with chronic diarrhea. The general health of these patients was not impaired, and human immunodeficiency virus screening was negative. Immune evaluation, including the study of lymphocytic subpopulations, assay of serum immunoglobulins, and an intradermal multitest, showed normal results. Molecular identification of microsporidian specie ...[more]