Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital: case report

Authors

  • Elenice Messias do Nascimento Gonçalves University of São Paulo; Medical School; Clinical Hospital; Central Laboratory Division
  • Iaiko Horroiva Uemura University of São Paulo; Medical School; Clinical Hospital; Central Laboratory Division
  • Magali Orban University of São Paulo; Medical School; Clinical Hospital; Central Laboratory Division
  • Vera Lúcia Pagliusi Castilho University of São Paulo; Medical School; Clinical Hospital; Central Laboratory Division
  • Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett University of São Paulo; Medical School; Laboratory of Medical Investigation in Infectious Diseases Pathology

Keywords:

Diagnosis, Parasitology, Microsporidia, Chronic diarrhea, HIV

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.

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Published

2006-12-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 6 (2006)

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

Gonçalves, E. M. do N., Uemura, I. H., Orban, M., Castilho, V. L. P., & Corbett, C. E. P. (2006). Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital: case report . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 48(6), 351-352. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/31043