Human vocal cord infection with the microsporidium Anncaliia algerae

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Cali, Ann ^a   Neafie, Ronald ^b   Weiss, Louis M ^c   Ghosh, Kaya ^c   Vergara, Rebecca B ^d   Gupta, Rachna ^e   Takvorian, Peter M ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American International Pathology Laboratories   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Newton Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e ID Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Anncaliia algerae; Brachiola; human infection; microsporida; microsporidiosis; tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARYNGITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOCAL CORD;

AGED; BIOPSY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSPORIDIA, UNCLASSIFIED; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VOCAL CORDS;

ANNCALIIA; BRACHIOLA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM;

EID: 78449299277     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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