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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1938-1940, Vol. 39, No. 5
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.
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?
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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.
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