Isospora belli infection: observation of unicellular cysts in mesenteric lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS and animal inoculation.

Authors :: Frenkel JK
Silva MB
Saldanha J
de Silva ML
Correia Filho VD
Barata CH
Lages E
Ramirez LE
Prata A
Source :: The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology [J Eukaryot Microbiol] 2003; Vol. 50 Suppl, pp. 682-4.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: We describe the finding of unizoic cysts of Isospora belli in lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS, and discuss the possibilities of their drug resistance, they being the cause of relapses, and of being an indication for the existence of intermediary or paratenic animal hosts.

Subjects :: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections parasitology
Adolescent
Animals
Brazil
Cysts parasitology
Cysts pathology
Digestive System parasitology
Digestive System pathology
Esophagus parasitology
Esophagus pathology
Feces parasitology
Humans
Isosporiasis pathology
Lymph Nodes parasitology
Lymph Nodes pathology
Male
Isospora isolation & purification
Isosporiasis parasitology

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