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Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in sputum during screening for mycobacteria.

J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Dec;20(6):1192-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85105457
Miller RA; Wasserheit JN; Kirihara J; Coyle MB

Abstract: We report a case in which Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected during routine auramine screening of a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacilli. The patient was a 28-year-old male with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and intestinal cryptosporidiosis. Microbiology laboratory workers should be alert to the possibility that these oocysts may be present in sputum specimens from patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PARASITOLOGY Adult Case Report Coccidia/*ISOLATION & PURIF Cryptosporidium/*ISOLATION & PURIF Human Male Mycobacterium/*ISOLATION & PURIF Sputum/MICROBIOLOGY/*PARASITOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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