Report of spores of Henneguya salminicola (Myxozoa) in human stool specimens: Possible source of confusion with human spermatozoa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2815-2818

  McClelland, Rosemary S ^a   Murphy, Donogh M ^a   Cone, David K ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SPERMATOZOON;

HENNEGUYA SALMINICOLA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030774794     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2815-2818.1997     Document Type: Article

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