Disseminated microsporidiosis caused by Encephalitozoon cuniculi III (dog type) in an Italian AIDS patient: A retrospective study

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 577-583

  Tosoni, Antonella ^a   Nebuloni, Manuela ^b   Ferri, Angelita ^a   Bonetto, Sara ^a   Antinori, Spinello ^a   Scaglia, Massimo ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^d   Moura, Hercules ^d   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^d   Vago, Luca ^a   Costanzi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; AIDS; Brain; Disseminated infection; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Kidney; Liver; Microsporidia; Ovary; Pathology

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE SECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOGS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

EID: 18344367430     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880566     Document Type: Article

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