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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1938-1940, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1938-1940.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Myxobolus sp., Another Opportunistic Parasite in Immunosuppressed Patients?

Ligia I. Moncada,1,* Myriam C. López,1,2 Martha I. Murcia,1 Santiago Nicholls,1,2 Frecia León,1 Olga Lucia Guío,3 and Augusto Corredor1

Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional de Colombia,1 Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud,2 and Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca,3 Bogotá, Colombia

Received 22 December 1999/Returned for modification 14 March 2000/Accepted 8 November 2000

During a study of intestinal parasitic infections in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients, a parasite belonging to the phylum Myxozoa, recently described from human samples, was identified in one sample. When this parasite was stained by the modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method, the features of the spores were identified: they were pyriform in shape, had thick walls, and had one suture and two polar capsules, with each one having four or five coils. The suture and two polar capsules were observed with the chromotrope-modified stain. The number of stools passed was more than 30 per day, but oocysts of Isospora belli were also found. Upon reexamination of some formalin- or merthiolate-iodine-formaldehyde-preserved samples an identical parasite was found in another sample from a patient presenting with diarrhea. Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and eggs of Hymenolepis nana and Ascaris lumbricoides were also found in this sample. Given that both patients were also infected with other pathogens that cause diarrhea, the possible pathogenic role of this parasite could not be established. The probable route of infection also could not be established.


* Corresponding author. Present address: c/o Santiago Nicholls, Laboratorio de Parasitología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Avenida Calle 26 No. 51-60, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Phone: 571-368-1486. Fax: 571-222-3055. E-mail: lmoncada{at}bacata.usc.unal.edu.co.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1938-1940, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1938-1940.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.