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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1630-1632, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1630-1632.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Detection of Microsporidia in Travelers with Diarrhea

A. Müller,1 R. Bialek,2 A. Kämper,3 G. Fätkenheuer,3 B. Salzberger,3 and C. Franzen3,*

Department of Pediatrics1 and Department of Internal Medicine I,3 University of Cologne, Cologne, and Institut for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen,2 Germany

Received 27 November 2000/Returned for modification 8 January 2001/Accepted 4 February 2001

We examined stool specimens of 148 returning travelers from an outpatient department for tropical diseases for the appearence of microsporidia using light microscopy and PCR. Intestinal microsporidiosis was diagnosed for five patients by light microscopy and for nine patients by PCR. Some cases were diagnosed only by PCR, indicating that the true prevalence has to be determined by highly sensitive techniques, such as PCR.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann Str. 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany. Phone: 49-(0)221-478-4433. Fax: 49-(0)221-478-5915. E-mail: Caspar.Franzen{at}Uni-Koeln.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1630-1632, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1630-1632.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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