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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3728-3730, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Incidental Finding of Myxobolus Spores (Protozoa: Myxozoa) in Stool Samples from Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms

R. E. Boreham,1 S. Hendrick,2 P. J. O'Donoghue,3,* and D. J. Stenzel4

Sullivan, Nicolaides and Partners Consulting Pathologists, Taringa,1 Sullivan, Nicolaides and Partners Consulting Pathologists, Toowoomba,2 Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland,3 and Analytical Electron Microscopy Unit, Queensland University of Technology,4 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Received 18 May 1998/Returned for modification 15 June 1998/Accepted 3 September 1998

Myxozoan spores were detected in fecal samples from three patients presenting with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. The spores were identical to those of Myxobolus plectroplites, a previously described pathogen from the freshwater fish Plectroplites ambiguus. All patients had recently eaten fish caught from local waters, and frozen fillets of such fish were found to be infected with M. plectroplites cysts. The passage of spores unchanged through the alimentary tract suggests they were incidental findings unrelated to clinical symptoms, especially since other enteric pathogens were present in two patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia. Phone: 61-7-33652584. Fax: 61-7-33651588. E-mail: p.odonoghue{at}mailbox.uq.edu.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3728-3730, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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